From: Christian Kaiser <bchk@...>
Date: 2004-07-16T17:52:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem using Ruby as script language, which limits its distribution speed

Phil,

> Maybe this would be a good project for the Ruby Foundation (is that what
> it's called?) after they get their non-profit status.  They could hire a
> lawyer to look into these issues and issue a definitive statement.  This
> issue comes up periodically, so maybe it would be worth $1000 or so to
> clear it up.  Or, perhaps the EFF or some similar organization would be
> willing to lend some pro-bono help in looking into this.

Yes, we would contribute. Ruby saves an enormous amount of work (which
script language is that object oriented and has such regex capabilities
built-in), so we would actually pay $$$ to have an official valid statement
that we can use ruby as intended. I assume it will even be cheaper than our
lawyer's work for that topic until now.

Christian