Squeak Copyright (Was - Re: Another ~1960 computer kit)

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Sat Dec 19 20:31:53 1998

On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Stephen Dauphin wrote:

> Does anybody know why Mickey's four-fingered paw prints are on it? The
> license agreement is strictly Apple and what little is mentioned in the
> history of Squeak, does not account for the Disney copyright.

Probably because Alan Kay and the rest of the formerly Apple Smalltalk
gang are now at Disney. So is Danny Hillis (Thinking Machines founder).
Disney now has some very heavy hitting computing talent, and I can't tell
if they plan to do some innovative work in that space, or they just
realized that fun is what motivates these guys, so they put them to work
on theme park stuff.

-- Doug
Received on Sat Dec 19 1998 - 20:31:53 GMT