Re: [Pharo-users] Strange colour reversal on the Spec site

[Ben Coman]

Andy Burnett wrote: Hello, I am posting here, because I couldn't find a Spec specific list. Two things: The colour scheme for all the code examples on the site seems to have gone very odd. The text is now a light blue/green on a white background. Almost completely illegible. Has someone changed a css file? Do have have a specific url? http://spec.st looks fine to me. I noticed in the news section that the license has changed to GPL, because of a disagreement with the direction of Pharo.  Could someone explain what the disagreement was, and whether this is something we should be concerned about? Cheers Andy ᐧ It has not been explained beyond it being mostly a personality clash.  There was some final technical issue that went against some existing Smalltalk conventions, but there was not much discussion brought to the community on that conflict.  Note the Spec code already in Pharo is MIT licensed, so there is no concern about that.  I guess in a way it shows how the MIT is more-free than the GPL, that such can occur.  Of course, the reverse cannot.  I would be concerned about loading external-Spec into a Pharo based project. Although the new dual license seems written to allow parties other than Pharo to use external-Spec in a non-GPL project, the implications of how that might contaminate a Pharo based project is not clear.  Also I guess discussion of external-Spec probably won't proceed on this list, so until I see news of a separate Spec mailing list to collaborate with users and other developers, it would seem that developer has struck out on his own.  Pharo-internal-Spec will continue development here under the MIT license. cheers -ben