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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by ba...@apache.org on 2008/03/22 02:42:59 UTC

svn commit: r639936 - in /infrastructure/site/trunk: docs/legal/resolved.html xdocs/legal/resolved.xml

Author: bayard
Date: Fri Mar 21 18:42:58 2008
New Revision: 639936

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=639936&view=rev
Log:
Adding the resolved Ruby license answer

Modified:
    infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/legal/resolved.html
    infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/legal/resolved.xml

Modified: infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/legal/resolved.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/legal/resolved.html?rev=639936&r1=639935&r2=639936&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/legal/resolved.html (original)
+++ infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/legal/resolved.html Fri Mar 21 18:42:58 2008
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@
    <li>OOXML XSD ECMA License</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl.html">Microsoft Public License (MsPL)</a></li>
  </ul>
+<p><b>Can Apache projects have external dependencies on Ruby licensed works?</b></p>
+<p>A project written primarily and obviously in Ruby can have a dependency either on Matz's Ruby Interpreter (MRI), 
+     or on any Gem which is licensed under the Ruby license.  Of course Gems written under other licenses (such as MIT) 
+     may also be OK, depending on the license. </p>
 </div>
 </div>
          </td>

Modified: infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/legal/resolved.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/legal/resolved.xml?rev=639936&r1=639935&r2=639936&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/legal/resolved.xml (original)
+++ infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/legal/resolved.xml Fri Mar 21 18:42:58 2008
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
    <li><a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl.html">Microsoft Public License (MsPL)</a></li>
  </ul>
 
+  <p><b>Can Apache projects have external dependencies on Ruby licensed works?</b></p>
+
+  <p>A project written primarily and obviously in Ruby can have a dependency either on Matz's Ruby Interpreter (MRI), 
+     or on any Gem which is licensed under the Ruby license.  Of course Gems written under other licenses (such as MIT) 
+     may also be OK, depending on the license. </p>
+
 </section>
 
 </section>



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