Thomas A. Alspaugh
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Source: Ruby license text (2009Sep09)
The Ruby license has not been approved by OSI.

The Ruby license has numbered conditions in the original. In order to make the condition numbers match a part of the sps numbering, the list items are made subparagraphs here.

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¶1¶1ṣ1Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@netlab.co.jp>. ¶1ṣ2You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL (see COPYING.txt file), or the conditions below:

  1. 1. ¶1.1¶1.1ṣ1You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the software without restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers.
  2. 2. ¶1.2¶1.2ṣ1You may modify your copy of the software in any way, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
    1. a) ṣ1.aplace your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or by allowing the author to include your modifications in the software.
    2. b) ṣ1.buse the modified software only within your corporation or organization.
    3. c) ṣ1.crename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict with standard executables, which must also be provided.
    4. d) ṣ1.dmake other distribution arrangements with the author.
  3. 3. ¶1.3¶1.3ṣ1You may distribute the software in object code or executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
    1. a) ṣ1.adistribute the executables and library files of the software, together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where to get the original distribution.
    2. b) ṣ1.baccompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of the software.
    3. c) ṣ1.cgive non-standard executables non-standard names, with instructions on where to get the original software distribution.
    4. d) ṣ1.dmake other distribution arrangements with the author.
  4. 4. ¶1.4¶1.4ṣ1You may modify and include the part of the software into any other software (possibly commercial). ¶1.4ṣ2But some files in the distribution are not written by the author, so that they are not under this terms.

    ¶1.4ṣ3They are gc.cNo space in original (partly), utils.cNo space in original (partly), regex.[ch], st.[ch] and some files under the ./missing directory. ¶1.4ṣ4See each file for the copying condition.

  5. 5. ¶1.5¶1.5ṣ1The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as output from the software do not automatically fall under the copyright of the software, but belong to whomever generated them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this software.
  6. 6. ¶1.6¶1.6ṣ1THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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