From: Brian Mitchell <binary42@...>
Date: 2005-10-01T02:41:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby licence...

On 9/30/05, netspam@shic.co.uk <netspam@shic.co.uk> wrote:
> I understand that the distribution of Ruby is under the GPL.
> Would I be correct in assuming that any commercial product which
> embedded the standard Ruby interpreter would also require be GPL if
> shipped, or is there current (or planned) provision to only require
> LGPL under those circumstances?
>

The Ruby license is *not* GPL. There is a complete copy of what it is
currently under available online [1]. It is referred to as the Ruby
License. It bares strong resemblance to the Perl license. This should
not inhibit commercial use to Ruby in most cases.

Note that some parts also contain other special licenses. See your
specific ruby version's source tarball for a LEGAL file which should
give you an overview. If you have any further questions please ask.

Brian.

[1] http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt