[#25272] [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original". — Yui NARUSE <redmine@...>

Feature #2032: Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original".

51 messages 2009/09/02
[#25368] [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original". — Kazuhiko Shiozaki <redmine@...> 2009/09/04

Issue #2032 has been updated by Kazuhiko Shiozaki.

[#25461] Re: [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original". — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2009/09/07

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Kazuhiko Shiozaki<redmine@ruby-lang.org> wrote:

[#25463] Re: [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original". — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2009/09/08

Hi,

[#30610] [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original". — Shyouhei Urabe <redmine@...> 2010/06/06

Issue #2032 has been updated by Shyouhei Urabe.

[#30611] Re: [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original". — Yusuke ENDOH <mame@...> 2010/06/06

Hi,

[#30614] Re: [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original". — Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@...> 2010/06/06

> To avoid enbugging a new bug, we must choose the another solutions.

[#30616] Re: [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original". — Yusuke ENDOH <mame@...> 2010/06/06

2010/6/6 Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@ruby-lang.org>:

[#30652] Re: [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original". — Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@...> 2010/06/08

(2010/06/06 20:27), Yusuke ENDOH wrote:

[#25285] [Feature #2033] Move Core Development to Git — Run Paint Run Run <redmine@...>

Feature #2033: Move Core Development to Git

75 messages 2009/09/02
[#25290] [Feature #2033] Move Core Development to Git — Yui NARUSE <redmine@...> 2009/09/02

Issue #2033 has been updated by Yui NARUSE.

[#25297] Re: [Feature #2033] Move Core Development to Git — Jon <jon.forums@...> 2009/09/02

> Some commiter of Ruby live on Windows.

[#25342] Re: [Feature #2033] Move Core Development to Git — Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@...> 2009/09/03

Jon wrote:

[#25343] Re: [Feature #2033] Move Core Development to Git — Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...> 2009/09/03

2009/9/4 Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@ruby-lang.org>:

[#25345] Re: [Feature #2033] Move Core Development to Git — Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@...> 2009/09/03

Michal Suchanek wrote:

[#25299] Re: [Feature #2033] Move Core Development to Git — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net> 2009/09/02

On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:19, Run Paint Run Run wrote:

[#25306] [Feature #2034] Consider the ICU Library for Improving and Expanding Unicode Support — Run Paint Run Run <redmine@...>

Feature #2034: Consider the ICU Library for Improving and Expanding Unicode Support

16 messages 2009/09/03

[#25394] Unmaintained code (Was: Move Core Development to Git) — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>

On Sep 4, 2009, at 02:16, Urabe Shyouhei wrote:

10 messages 2009/09/05

[#25420] [Bug #2054] Onigurma Isn't Documented — Run Paint Run Run <redmine@...>

Bug #2054: Onigurma Isn't Documented

17 messages 2009/09/05

[#25442] turning off indentation warnings — Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>

Is there a way in 1.9 to turn off only indentation warnings? I like

19 messages 2009/09/06
[#25510] Re: turning off indentation warnings — Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...> 2009/09/10

Hi,

[#25511] [Bug #2079] win32ole's OLEGEN does not create all classes needed when a TLB has more than one class defined — Bruno Antunes <redmine@...>

Bug #2079: win32ole's OLEGEN does not create all classes needed when a TLB has more than one class defined

18 messages 2009/09/10

[#25644] [Bug #2121] mathn/rational destroys Fixnum#/, Fixnum#quo and Bignum#/, Bignum#quo — Charles Nutter <redmine@...>

Bug #2121: mathn/rational destroys Fixnum#/, Fixnum#quo and Bignum#/, Bignum#quo

12 messages 2009/09/19

[#25709] [Bug #2131] f(not x) => syntax error — "James M. Lawrence" <redmine@...>

Bug #2131: f(not x) => syntax error

16 messages 2009/09/22

[#25769] A challenge: Enumerator#next in JRuby — Charles Oliver Nutter <headius@...>

I have a challenge for anyone who wants to discuss, propose

25 messages 2009/09/25
[#25782] Re: A challenge: Enumerator#next in JRuby — Tanaka Akira <akr@...> 2009/09/26

In article <f04d2210909251312q46bd51c0teacc4b0a8c417f0c@mail.gmail.com>,

[#25820] [Feature #2152] Split functionality of Float#inspect and Float#to_s — Roger Pack <redmine@...>

Feature #2152: Split functionality of Float#inspect and Float#to_s

32 messages 2009/09/28

[#25853] [Bug #2160] JSON can't parse input where top-level object is a string — caleb clausen <redmine@...>

Bug #2160: JSON can't parse input where top-level object is a string

11 messages 2009/09/29

[ruby-core:25318] Re: [Feature #2032] Change the license to "GPLv2+ or Ruby's original".

From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2009-09-03 13:04:48 UTC
List: ruby-core #25318
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Eleanor
McHugh<eleanor@games-with-brains.com> wrote:
> 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.

The trouble is that the Ruby License (on its own) is not considered a
free software license by the FSF, which makes it incompatible with the
GPL.
The only thing that makes Ruby free software in the eyes of the FSF is
the fact that it is dual licensed.

Dual licensing is in some sense appealing because while consumers of
Ruby are free to do with it what they please, the maintainers are in
essence promising that you will always be able use the GPL for your
projects that extend core Ruby (as they're required to keep in
compliance with the GPL despite the dual license).

Of course, this is something that can be upheld even under an MIT
license, but it wouldn't be a guarantee in writing.   In some
communities, that's a sore spot for folks.  In Ruby, I'm not sure that
it is, so a more simple arrangement might not be a bad thing.

-greg

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