Ruby License
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The Ruby License is the open-source license
applied to the Ruby programming language and also available to be used in other projects.
The Free Software Foundation
comments:
"This is a Free Software license, compatible
with the GPL via an explicit dual-licensing clause."
Open-source license
An open-source license is a copyright license for computer software that makes the source code available for everyone to use. This allows end users to review and modify the source code for their own customization and/or troubleshooting needs...
applied to the Ruby programming language and also available to be used in other projects.
The Free Software Foundation
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, a copyleft-based movement which aims to promote the universal freedom to create, distribute and modify computer software...
comments:
"This is a Free Software license, compatible
License compatibility
License compatibility refers to the problem with licenses applied to works subject to copyright, particularly licenses of software packages, which can contain contradictory requirements, rendering it impossible to combine source code from such packages or content from such works in order to create...
with the GPL via an explicit dual-licensing clause."
External links
- Text of the Ruby License
- GPL Compatible Licenses