Re: A Gentle Introduction to the Squeak Community

Ian Piumarta <[email protected]> Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:29:17 +0100 (MET)

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On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Tim Rowledge wrote:

> I agree. How about something like:-
> Squeak is an open source system, although it is not currently 'Open
> Source(tm)' as defined by OSI.

Who cares about OSI?  Just leave it at "Sq is an open-source system.", or
keep the original wording: "Not only is all source code included and
changeable at will, it is also completely open and free."  Screw the rest.
The OSI don't have any kind of inalienable right to `magically bless'
software.

FWIW, the FSF refuse to call their software "Open Source (TM)(BS)".

Ian