Re: ITP: squeak-vm, squeak-image, squeak-sources -- A highly portable Smaltalk system
> You omitted the first letter of the quote: "W". It reads "Where the
> Licensee is located in the province of Quebec, Canada, ..."
So it excludes Quebecers. So it is not free.
> I presume the Apple lawyers figure it is necessary for the license
> to be enforceable here. They could be right. We are blessed with
> some weird laws, here.
They could simply translate it. They have enough money for it.
I don't think that "Loi 101" is weird. But that is another thread.
> In any case, the fact that the license is written in English (as is
> the GNU GPL), has zero to do with what language you speak when you use
> the program.
True. But if some non-english Quebec who only speak french refuses in
good conscience to accept that clause, he won't be even granted the
use of the program.
> I don't have one to check, but I wouldn't be suprised to see it on
> a Microsoft license written in English.
All the Microsoft licenses are translated in French.
Wolfgang
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