From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-07-12T08:36:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Rubys License

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 07:27:23AM +0900, Gregory Brown wrote:
> On 7/11/07, cypher.dp@gmail.com <cypher.dp@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Hello everybody !
> >
> >I was just looking up something on the OSI website when I saw that the
> >Ruby license isn't listed there. Because I was wondering about that I
> >had a look at the license:
> >
> >You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL
> >(see COPYING.txt file), or the conditions below
> >
> >Q: Is Ruby know under the GPLv2 or GPLv3 ?
> 
> Ruby is disjunctively licensed between Matz's Terms and the GPLV2:
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt
> 
> The only reason it's not listed on the OSI site is (AFAIK) no one has
> sought their official approval.

There are costs associated with OSI approval.  It is, thus, probably in
part the matter of money that has prevented the Ruby license from being
listed there.

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