From: Francis Cianfrocca Date: 2006-10-24T04:13:02+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Software Foundation? ------=_Part_94807_9339708.1161630780277 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 10/23/06, dblack@wobblini.net wrote: > > Hi -- > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, ted94107@yahoo.com wrote: > > > Are there plans to start a foundation along the lines of the Apache > > Software Foundation or Python Software Foundation? > > There's one already: Ruby Central, Inc. It was founded in 2002. I can't speak for him but perhaps the OP was referring to the fact that the foundations he mentioned formally hold the copyrights and ownership of their respective projects, and exist in part to keep any potential legal and licensing issues "well-behaved." As an example, keeping the fact that Guido works for Google from giving anyone the jitters about using Python. ------=_Part_94807_9339708.1161630780277--