[ale] [OT] Is the Squeak license an OSS license?

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Thursday 14 October 2004 03:58 am, Joe Knapka wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to figure out if the Smalltalk environment called Squeak
> <http://www.squeak.org> is legally/officially an open-source
> product. The applicable license seems to meet all the OSI requirements
> for OSS-ness, but that license is not specifically listed on
> <http://www.opensource.org> as an OSS license. Google wasn't much
> help, either. It's possible that the Squeak license was simply
> overlooked, as it's a rather obscure one. (Though since the Croquet
> project got /.ed yesterday it may become less so.) Does anyone
> know of an on-line resource that addresses this question?

It does look okay, doesn't it.  Except for the business about not being able 
to change the fonts.  Since typefaces cannot be copyrighted, whether the 
fonts can be protected in any way it not clear to me.  

> (Also, if this message actually shows up on the list, can someone
> please let me know? I've sent a few messages over the past few
> weeks that haven't appeared on the list AFAIK. I *do* have
> "Receive my own messages" set in Mailman.)

Done.

Michael