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The problem with Self in the 1990s wasn't the lack of sources (I just checked the 1994 Self 4.0 sources and the license looks like the typical BSD one) but the fact that the binaries only ran on Sparc workstations and not the computers people actually had. I might as well post the whole text of the license: # Sun-$Revision: 21.2 $ Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Stanford University. All Rights Reserved. RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND: Use,
duplication, or disclosure by the government is subject
to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c) (1) (ii)
of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software
Clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 (Oct. 1988) and FAR
52.227-19(c) (June 1987). Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 USA LICENSE: You may use the software internally, modify it, make
copies and distribute the software to third parties,
including redistribution for profit, provided each copy
of the software you make contains the copyright notice
set forth above, the disclaimer below, and the authorship
attribution below. DISCLAIMER: Sun Microsystems, Inc. makes no representations about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is
provided to you "AS IS", without express or implied
warranties of any kind. Sun Microsystems, Inc. disclaims
all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose and non-infringement of third party
rights. Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s liability for claims
relating to the software shall be limited to the amount,
if any of the fees paid by you for the software. In no
event will Sun Microsystems, Inc. be liable for any
special, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive
damages in connection with or arising out of this license
(including loss of profits, use, data, or other economic
advantage), however it arises, whether for breach of
warranty or in tort, even if Sun Microsystems, Inc. has
been advised of the possibility of such damage. AUTHORSHIP: This software has been derived from the Self system, which
resulted from the combined efforts of: Bay-Wei Chang, Craig Chambers, David Ungar, Elgin Lee,
John Maloney, Lars Bak, Mario Wolczko, Ole Agesen,
Ole Lehrmann Madsen, Randall B. Smith, and Urs Hoelzle. |