[Savannah-hackers] Re: About a new project in Savannah : about the squeak license

[Free Software Foundation]

On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 11:57, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> Germán S. Arduino <address@hidden> said:
> 
> > Hello:
> > 
> > I want to post a request for a new project in Savannah.
> > 
> > Is about Biochemical Laboratories, but I like to develop in Squeak
> > (http://www.squeak.org)
> > 
> > I want to ask, prior the registration, if it is acceptable a project in
> > squeak, because his
> > license is a bit restrictive (http://www.squeak.org/download/license.html).
> > 
> > I'm planning to release my product in real GPL terms.
> 
> It seems to be incompatible with the GPL (especially the part about
> fonts), but I'm not sure. 
> 
> If so, it means that a software that depends on squeak cannot be
> hosted on Savannah.
> 
> I Cc: this message to address@hidden that can give you a clear
> answer. 

The fonts are definately not Free Software.  The choice of law clause is
also incompatible.  

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