From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2005-11-18T12:32:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby not commercial, right?


On Nov 17, 2005, at 7:32 PM, boscomonkey@gmail.com wrote:
> deemed Ruby to be a product for commercial gain. The analogy that the
> SFPL contact person used is that one can walk into a bookstore and  
> find
> a book on Ruby; I countered that one can also find a book on
> childrearing.

Assuming your proposed meeting is free and open to the public I think
their policy is inane. In fact, I think those folks there certainly
have a bit to much time on their hands.  I looked at the rules page:

> The SFPL Meeting Room Community Use Rules (http://sfpl.org/libraryl
> ocations/mtgrms/rules.htm) states [emphasis mine]:

They actually found it necessary to point out that "Stealing Library
property" was against the rules.  I'm glad they cleared that up.  There
must have been some confusion when the Rotary club used
the room and took all the chairs with them.


Gary Wright