Squeak, "an obsolete product", seems to have a robust developemnt community behind it. The squeak-dev mailing list gets between 70-100 requests a day. Although it is a relatively simple matter to install from source on a freebsd or linux box, it would be nice if one of the major linux distributions would include it as a package. No doubt this would be a great way to promote it. best regards, re-v

There are licensing issues, starting from its Apple heritage, and apparently exasperated by the flirtation with Disney. See below. Art

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Squeak license to allow a third-party to accept indemnification, thus enabling Debian-style projects to incorporate squeak under a downstream license. We are not able to provide you with legal advice in this matter, but encourage you to contact your own legal counsel or your counterparts in the U.S." [...]

See http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/501

It seems Disney also has some code in Squeak, which might make it more difficult.

It might be useful to contact the Squeak people.

Cheers, Carl