From: Eric Schwartz <emschwar@...>
Date: 2004-01-15T09:51:37+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 22273-22434(GPL misconceptions)

ptkwt@aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) writes:
> ...now embedding Ruby into another app _might_ be a different story, but 
> even that seems unlikely.  I've not embedded Ruby into another C/C++ 
> app,but I suspect that if you did you would compile Ruby into some sort of 
> shared library (binary) and I really don't think the GPL would effect the 
> rest of your code.

The FSF quite clearly believe it does.

http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingWithGPL
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation
and
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html in general.


> (yes, you would have to make the Ruby source code 
> available, but what's the big deal with that?)

Presumably because it'd be more than that.

Oniguruma sounds neat, though.  I'll have to play with it some.

-=Eric
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