Licence question regarding GPLv2 Ruby script

Ruby
1

Hi all,

The Ruby beautifier script
(* Ruby Script Beautifier) is released under
the GPLv2 licence.

I understand what the GPLv2 means for a source code which has to be
compiled and so on like the Ruby interpreter. In the case of a Ruby
script, I’m not sure to understand correctly all the licence terms.

If I execute only the script from my application (an IDE like
application) to format a Ruby source, do I have to release my
application under the GPLv2 licence ?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi,

In message “Re: Licence question regarding GPLv2 Ruby script”
on Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:46:23 +0900, anonymous
[email protected] writes:

|The Ruby beautifier script
|(* Ruby Script Beautifier) is released under
|the GPLv2 licence.
|
|I understand what the GPLv2 means for a source code which has to be
|compiled and so on like the Ruby interpreter. In the case of a Ruby
|script, I’m not sure to understand correctly all the licence terms.
|
|If I execute only the script from my application (an IDE like
|application) to format a Ruby source, do I have to release my
|application under the GPLv2 licence ?

In short, I don’t think so.

          matz.
3

Hello,

On 7/6/07, anonymous [email protected] wrote:

If I execute only the script from my application (an IDE like
application) to format a Ruby source, do I have to release my
application under the GPLv2 licence ?

See this FAQ:
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation

In short: no, you don’t have to. :slight_smile:

– Kristoffer

4

Kristoffer Lundén wrote:

See this FAQ:
Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU Licenses - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

In short: no, you don’t have to. :slight_smile:

– Kristoffer

Thanks Matz and Kristoffer for your replies.
The link to the GPL FAQ makes things more clear.