From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2013-06-22T01:28:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Licensing terms for "linking" with Ruby

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Hi,

In message "Re: Licensing terms for "linking" with Ruby"
    on Sat, 22 Jun 2013 01:12:11 +0900, "Muhammad Ali S." <lists@ruby-forum.com> writes:

|Hi,
|
|Thanks for the quick response. If am not going to annoy you, may I ask:
|
|1. How do we know that the response is from Yukihiro himself? :)

You can confirm when you meet me in person.

|2. Why is GPL license distributed with Ruby? How do we know which
|components are GPL based?

Ruby used to be licensed under GPL, the file is kinda left-over.  And
you can check LEGAL file to tell which files are under other license
terms.

|3. When ruby.h is included in a C++ application, almost all header files
|from the Ruby distribution get included, and if each one has different
|license associated with it, is there a clean way to extract non-GPL
|files so that one can link with Ruby in a commercial application?

Check LEGAL file.  The core Ruby does not have any problem to link
with a commercial application.

							matz.
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