prawnpdf/ttfunk

Clarify license for standalone gem

yob opened this issue · 6 comments

yob commented

Should probably be the same license as prawn, but still need to make it explicit

cielavenir commented

I'd like to know if BSD License is applicable (if used on Ruby 1.9.3+)

practicingruby commented

The README has explicit licensing details, closing.

cielavenir commented

Since Ruby 1.9.3+ is distributed also in BSD license, (License of Ruby) should be removed.
cf: prawnpdf/prawn#517 (comment)

practicingruby commented

@cielavenir That's not technically correct, although it's very confusing. The "License of Ruby" is this: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/about/license.txt -- which is what Prawn uses.

But Ruby itself is distributed under a dual license with the "License of Ruby" and BSD license as of 1.9.3+. Before it was "License of Ruby" + GPLv2.

So Ruby's license != "License of Ruby", which is painfully confusing.

practicingruby commented

I'll remove the text as I we did in prawnpdf/#517 though, if that helps.