From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2003-09-06T02:43:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby license makes it unuseable ! !

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:12:49 +0900, Default User wrote:
> 1)  cleaning up the Ruby license, so users at least know CLEARLY what
> they can and can't do with Ruby.

There is nothing in the Ruby licence which prohibits *use* of the 
interpreter for any reason. The Ruby licence specifically covers what can be 
done with the source. In fact, the Ruby licence is very liberal -- if a bit 
vague.

There are better licences than the Python licence, at that.

All that said, I think that working on a better licence is a "not bad" plan. 
Perhaps using the Artistic licence that is approved by the OSI, rather than 
creating "yet another licence."

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.09.05
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