Self on Solaris for Intel?

[John Hinsley]

 Jecel Assumpcao Jr <jecel at merlintec.com> wrote:


> Gordon Cichon started rewriting the compilers to generate code for the
> PC (on Linux, but it would be even simpler to make it work on Intel
> Solaris) and I have looked into continuing this. Gordon's work was
> released under the GPL (since he borrowed from "gas", there wasn't any
> choice) and I was wondering what the people in this list think of
> having the PC version of Self under a more restrictive license than the
> Sparc and Mac versions (which is BSD-like).

Well, the GPL is more restrictive than the BSD licence, isn't it? I'd be
very happy with a GPL release and, although it's a pretty unrestrictive
licence, it does seem to protect the writers from some of the rip-offs
performed on the BSD community (although whether they see them as
rip-offs is a moot point -- I for one wouldn't be too happy to see my
work snaffled by Microsoft without so much as an acknowledgement). I
suppose there is also some logic behind the idea that a Self for Intel
on Linux should go with the flow.

But I'd be happy just to see it in a form in which I could use it! (By
which time I should know enough of Learning Works and VW to have
something to compare it to).


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