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/LICENSE.txt

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/licensing

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