From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-07-10T03:57:29+09:00
Subject: Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby.

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Ray,

I'm glad you had a positive experience.  You won't get a lot of flames in 
this list.  Plus, your email was very respectful.  There was nothing to 
flame you about.

On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 08:52:34PM +0900, Ray Cote wrote:

>    This happens with your permission because you decide to use the GPL
>    component in the first place. Therefore, there are no 'surprises'
>    here. It is pretty clear by using a GPL (not LGPL) component you are
>    agreeing to GPL the rest of your code as well.

Not quite.  Using a GPL component does not imply an agreement to GPL your 
code.  This is a common misconception.  Rather, if you don't GPL your code 
you are in violation of the license.  You can correct that violation 
either by GPL'ing your code, or by removing the GPL component.

The GPL is totally safe.


>    In my opinion, one way to ensure the growing popularity of Ruby is to
>    promote the tradition of releasing Ruby modules under licenses
>    friendly to commercial and proprietary use.

Furthermore, if we release everything under Ruby's license it'll reduce 
confusion.  That's very important.

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