All this talk about the G*L has gotten mw thinking
about Ruby’s license.
No, I’m not using the word that rhymes with "spiral"
here.
I’ve noticed many times that other libraries/apps
will state that their license is “Ruby’s” or “same
as Ruby’s” or the equivalent.
Does this license actually have a name? Is there any
reason we shouldn’t call it the Ruby License?
Just a random thought.
Hal
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Hal Fulton
hal9000@hypermetrics.com
Hi,
Does this license actually have a name? Is there any
reason we shouldn’t call it the Ruby License?
I didn’t name it. But you’re free to call it Ruby License as long as
it doesn’t confuse anybody. Note that the license includes the line:
Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto matz@netlab.jp.
You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL
(see the file GPL), or the conditions below:
So naturally, the license is always dual between GPL and terms in the COPYING.
matz.
In message “Ruby’s license” on 03/07/11, “Hal E. Fulton” hal9000@hypermetrics.com writes:
Hi,
Does this license actually have a name? Is there any
reason we shouldn’t call it the Ruby License?I didn’t name it. But you’re free to call it Ruby License as long as
it doesn’t confuse anybody. Note that the license includes the line:Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto
matz@netlab.jp.
You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the
GPL
(see the file GPL), or the conditions below:So naturally, the license is always dual between GPL and terms in the
COPYING.
Of course, I had forgotten that. I was so used to
hearing about “Ruby’s license” that I had forgotten
its details.
Isn’t it the regular expression engine that is GPL?
Or am I mistaken?
Hal
----- Original Message -----
From: “Yukihiro Matsumoto” matz@ruby-lang.org
To: “ruby-talk ML” ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 1:50 AM
Subject: Re: Ruby’s license
In message “Ruby’s license” > on 03/07/11, “Hal E. Fulton” hal9000@hypermetrics.com writes:
LGPL, IIRC.
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 11:05, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
[…] Isn’t it the regular expression engine that is GPL?
Or am I mistaken?
“Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct,
not tried it.” – Donald Knuth (in a memo to Peter van Emde Boas)
Hi,
In message “Re: Ruby’s license” on 03/07/12, Jim Weirich jweirich@one.net writes:
[…] Isn’t it the regular expression engine that is GPL?
Or am I mistaken?LGPL, IIRC.
Yes. It’s based on the one in glibc.
matz.