From: XiaoLiang Liu <liuxlsh@...>
Date: 2008-03-24T10:25:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Is license of gserver.rb in Ruby package "freeware"?? Thanks.

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Yes, since gserver.rb is part of ruby core, I think it might need be
updated.

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 2:22 AM, darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org>
wrote:

> quoth the Avdi Grimm:
> > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:16 AM, darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org
> >
> wrote:
> > >  I believe in this context it is the same as saying 'free as in beer,
> but
> > > _not_ free as in speech, though, I am not a lawyer, and am not an
> expert
> > > on software licensing.
> >
> > That could be a problem, considering GServer is part of the core Ruby
> > distribution which is ostensibly all under the Ruby license.
>
> Ahh, I wasn't aware it was core Ruby. I am also not aware if code accepted
> to
> the core distribution implicitly becomes licensed under the 'Ruby'
> license.
> Perhaps gserver.rb needs to be updated...
>
> -d
> --
> darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
> "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more
> expected..."
> - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
>
>

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