Aida 6.0 under mit licence ?

> Hi Nico,
>
> Nicolas Petton wrote:
>
>> Stephan Pair asked a good question on Squeak mailing list. Why is Aida
>> released under LGPL licence, while most squeak tools are under MIT?
>>
>> As you know LGPL is not very clear about code/image and such things, and
>> more important, squeakers somehow don't like this licence.
>>
>> So, is there a good reason behind this ?
>
> I just answered him: We can relicence to MIT or whatever else, because
> for me all what is important is to use the code in accordance to the
> main rule on our world: a Golden Rule:
>
>      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic_of_reciprocity
>
> So, I propose that we make a relicensing to MIT, that those guys will be
> satisfied at last. Do others agree?

> Janko Mivšek wrote:
>  > Hi Nico,
>  >
>  > Nicolas Petton wrote:
>  >
>  >> Stephan Pair asked a good question on Squeak mailing list. Why is Aida
>  >> released under LGPL licence, while most squeak tools are under MIT?
>  >>
>  >> As you know LGPL is not very clear about code/image and such things, and
>  >> more important, squeakers somehow don't like this licence.
>  >>
>  >> So, is there a good reason behind this ?
>  >
>  > I just answered him: We can relicence to MIT or whatever else, because
>  > for me all what is important is to use the code in accordance to the
>  > main rule on our world: a Golden Rule:
>  >
>  >      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic_of_reciprocity
>  >
>  > So, I propose that we make a relicensing to MIT, that those guys will be
>  > satisfied at last. Do others agree?
>
>
> Yes. I believe MIT license is much more within the spirit of the
>  Smalltalk community. And as such, I believe this will open doors and
>  some minds to the option and availability of Aida/Scribo.
>
>  My suggestion would be to make a new release, maybe 6.0 alpha/beta/???
>  whatever and release it under the MIT license. This would make a clean
>  line of separation as to what is covered under what license.
>
>  Thank you very much for considering doing this. I honestly believe it
>  would be a good decision and one which will benefit Smalltalk and
>  Aida/Scribo.
>
>
>  Jimmie
>
>
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