From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2009-09-03T17:36:11+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:25316] Re: [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original".

On 3 Sep 2009, at 02:18, Eric Hodel wrote:
> Issue #2032 has been updated by Eric Hodel.
>
>
> On my platforms (OS X and FreeBSD) there is no GNU readline, instead  
> libedit is used which is not GPL licensed (no compatibility problem).
>
> Why not change to a less restrictive license like MIT?

Hasn't the Ruby License traditionally been an MIT-style license? Seems  
a lot more appropriate for the reference implementation of a general  
purpose programming language than the GPL.


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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