# Ruby Software Foundation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 23, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-software-foundation/73328 "2006-10-23T20:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-software-foundation/73328/1 "2006-10-23T20:36:23Z")
Are there plans to start a foundation along the lines of the Apache Software Foundation or Python Software Foundation? ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-software-foundation/73328/2 "2006-10-23T20:42:30Z")
Hi – On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Are there plans to start a foundation along the lines of the Apache > Software Foundation or Python Software Foundation? There’s one already: Ruby Central, Inc. It was founded in 2002. > **[Ruby Central](https://rubycentral.org/)** > > Supporting the Ruby Community Since 2001 David ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-software-foundation/73328/3 "2006-10-23T21:14:36Z")
On 10/23/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi – > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > > Are there plans to start a foundation along the lines of the Apache > > Software Foundation or Python Software Foundation? > > There’s one already: Ruby Central, Inc. It was founded in 2002. I can’t speak for him but perhaps the OP was referring to the fact that the foundations he mentioned formally hold the copyrights and ownership of their respective projects, and exist in part to keep any potential legal and licensing issues “well-behaved.” As an example, keeping the fact that Guido works for Google from giving anyone the jitters about using Python.