From: XiaoLiang Liu <liuxlsh@...>
Date: 2008-03-24T10:32:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Is license of gserver.rb in Ruby package "freeware"?? Thanks.

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anyway, does anyone know the email of the author John W. Small?
Thanks.

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:25 AM, XiaoLiang Liu <liuxlsh@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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