From: XiaoLiang Liu <liuxlsh@...>
Date: 2008-03-26T10:36:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Is license of gserver.rb in Ruby package "freeware"?? Thanks.

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Does anyone know email of the author John W. Small?
Thanks.

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:32 AM, XiaoLiang Liu <liuxlsh@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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