From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2006-06-14T01:18:52+09:00
Subject: Re: ZenObfuscate - for when you really really have to ship a binary


On Jun 13, 2006, at 7:29 AM, Leslie Viljoen wrote:

> That price looks a little extreme for what I have in mind.. are there
> any alternative obfuscators? Alternatively could a
> percentage-of-returns license fee be negotiated (Eric)?

see:

>     - How much does it cost and what is its licensing?
>           ZenObfuscate costs $2500 for a site license or is
>           individually negotiable. ZenObfuscate is a commercial  
> product

> Are programs written in Ruby distributable under any license you like?

Yes.

> A friend of mine has proposed selling a program I wrote in Ruby but
> the thought of doing so made me feel like I was leveraging vast (GPL)
> resources avaliable to me for free - and profiting off of them by
> adding comparatively very little. I have in the past simply sold my
> development time, which seemed a fairer trade since copying my
> programs is a trivial task.

Well, it is your moral system at work here. Think about those who use  
GCC to compile commercial apps.

I should point out that ruby isn't under GPL. It is under the ruby  
license which allows you to make modifications or apply the GPL. See  
COPYING.

> Does anyone here actually sell Ruby programs themselves as products?

As the quote at the top of my announcement suggests, yes (eventually).