On Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Mike Boone wrote:
> I'm not experienced with Ruby's source code. The only files which
> mention the GPL in LEGAL are parse.c and util.c. Is the "vanilla"
> MacRuby using those? If not, it seems there is no issue, but perhaps
> the documentation should refle
Sorry for the wait Robert, I was waiting for Lion to be released and the new
XCode.
MacRuby ships with Lion but as a private framework. And that means that it
probably won't ship as a public framework anytime soon.
That said, it's not a big deal. It allows us to embed the framework with our
apps an
Matt & Josh, thanks for your replies.
I'm also not a lawyer. I like Ruby and would love to see it flourish
on the Mac (and hopefully iOS one day). It would be nice if the
license implications were clearer to developers.
I'm not experienced with Ruby's source code. The only files which
mention the
Hi Mike,
I am also not a lawyer, but it is worth noting that the Ruby license is a dual
license, with one part being the GPL and the other being a slightly relaxed
version of the BSD 2-clause license. That said, there are a few libraries which
can be *optionally* compiled in with Ruby (e.g. rea
Ok, the book is coming to fruition. I've had one ordered for a while.
Not to be too pushy asking but is Apple getting close to making it part of the
released OS? OK, employees can't comment, NDAs etc but hope that day arrives
soon.
On Oct 6, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Matt Aimonetti wrote:
> Hey guy
I'm not a lawyer so I can't answer your question on any legal basis, but the
goal of the project isn't to corner anyone in a given license.
If you were to find any issues, I am sure the entire team would do
everything in its power to help.
- Matt
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Mike Boone wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to build a MacRuby app to sell on the Mac App Store.
However, I am concerned about the GPL license on some of the MacRuby
source code, given what happened to VLC on the iOS App Store.
I have googled around and the only discussion I could find on this
topic was a brief page at
Hey guys,
My editor (O'Reilly) is working on the last few things before sending my
book to print. It should go out in a few days and they are currently on the
cover and other small details.
They asked me for quotes from people who read the book and well.. I don't
have any at the moment :(
If you'
