From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-02-22T03:17:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Epic4/Ruby

Hi,

In message "Re: Epic4/Ruby"
    on 02/02/22, Jonas B�low <jonas@rfc1918.com> writes:

|The problems with the Ruby license in commercial/OEM situations are that
|it is vague and a bit fuzzy because of all the alternatives in it. 

Although I know fuzziness of the license, these three statements below
are misleading at most.  I hope you're not trying FUD against GPL.

|The word "GPL" is considered to be a poison
|regardless what is mentioned otherwise in the license.

|As long as Ruby has any kind of relationship with the GPL it will have a
|hard time to be part of commercial software, IMHO. 

|It seems that the only license working in commercial situations is the
|BSD-license.

And I feel if you want to make money from MY works, it is reasonable
to take time to read the terms carefully.

							matz.