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Rubys License

cypher.dp

7/11/2007 10:12:00 PM

Hello everybody !

I was just looking up something on the OSI website when I saw that the
Ruby license isn't listed there. Because I was wondering about that I
had a look at the license:

You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL
(see COPYING.txt file), or the conditions below

Q: Is Ruby know under the GPLv2 or GPLv3 ?

Kind regards

Dominik
6 Answers

Gregory Brown

7/11/2007 10:27:00 PM

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On 7/11/07, cypher.dp@gmail.com <cypher.dp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody !
>
> I was just looking up something on the OSI website when I saw that the
> Ruby license isn't listed there. Because I was wondering about that I
> had a look at the license:
>
> You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL
> (see COPYING.txt file), or the conditions below
>
> Q: Is Ruby know under the GPLv2 or GPLv3 ?

Ruby is disjunctively licensed between Matz's Terms and the GPLV2:
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/L...

The only reason it's not listed on the OSI site is (AFAIK) no one has
sought their official approval.

However, a while ago I talked with the FSF to get their approval, and
I'm not sure if others did as well, but at any rate, it is listed as a
GPL compatible Free Software license due to the explicit dual
licensing with the GPL.

http://www.fsf.org...

For this reason, I *assume* that means that it meets the OSI
definition as well, but I don't much pay attention to them. ;)

But in short, Ruby is Free and Open Source software...

-greg

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt

7/11/2007 11:26:00 PM

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Hi!

cypher.dp@gmail.com wrote:
> You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL
> (see COPYING.txt file), or the conditions below
>
> Q: Is Ruby know under the GPLv2 or GPLv3 ?

Ruby does not specify the GPL version therefore applies

"â?¦If the Program does not specify a version number of this License,
you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
Foundationâ?¦"

Alternative license has already been mentioned by Gregory Brown.

IANAL but HTH,

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
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Tomas Pospisek

7/11/2007 11:35:00 PM

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Chad Perrin

7/11/2007 11:37:00 PM

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On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 07:27:23AM +0900, Gregory Brown wrote:
> On 7/11/07, cypher.dp@gmail.com <cypher.dp@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Hello everybody !
> >
> >I was just looking up something on the OSI website when I saw that the
> >Ruby license isn't listed there. Because I was wondering about that I
> >had a look at the license:
> >
> >You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL
> >(see COPYING.txt file), or the conditions below
> >
> >Q: Is Ruby know under the GPLv2 or GPLv3 ?
>
> Ruby is disjunctively licensed between Matz's Terms and the GPLV2:
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/L...
>
> The only reason it's not listed on the OSI site is (AFAIK) no one has
> sought their official approval.

There are costs associated with OSI approval. It is, thus, probably in
part the matter of money that has prevented the Ruby license from being
listed there.

--
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.ap... ]
Kent Beck: "I always knew that one day Smalltalk would replace Java. I
just didn't know it would be called Ruby."

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt

7/11/2007 11:46:00 PM

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Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
>> Q: Is Ruby know under the GPLv2 or GPLv3 ?
>
> Ruby does not specify the GPL version therefore applies

Hmm, seems to depend on the Ruby version.
Recent Ruby versions state GPL 2, License on ruby-talk doesn't.

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
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Gregory Brown

7/12/2007 12:34:00 AM

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On 7/11/07, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@gmx.de> wrote:
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> Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
> >> Q: Is Ruby know under the GPLv2 or GPLv3 ?
> >
> > Ruby does not specify the GPL version therefore applies
>
> Hmm, seems to depend on the Ruby version.
> Recent Ruby versions state GPL 2, License on ruby-talk doesn't.

Right, I brought this up maybe a year ago and Matz decided to lock it
to GPLv2 (which is a smart move, as the 'or any later version' clause
is viral)

He said he was considering moving to GPL3 when it became finalized.
I've not asked what he thinks, and honestly haven't decided what I
think about GPL 3 :)