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Re: awk imitation with guile


The Scheme48 license isn't Open Source because it requires you to give
the authors notice for commercial use.  In a business context, where
you're trying to keep things secret until their release, this could be
annoying.  I think the FSF would say this isn't quite Free software
either.

Note that SCSH just inherited its license from Scheme48.  I know Olin
is very much in favor of free software, and I'd bet he'd entertain the
notion of releasing the SCSH code (considered separately from the
Scheme48 code also included in the SCSH distribution) under the GPL as
well.

I think we should pursue this avenue --- sending Olin E-mail
explaining the situation, and politely asking him if he would release
it under the GPL as well as the Scheme48 license --- before calling
lawyers or starting to reimplement things.