[tex-live] Ruby interpreter for Windows in the TeXLive distribution?

Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl
Fri Jun 30 11:25:16 CEST 2006


David Kastrup wrote:
> Siep Kroonenberg <siepo at cybercomm.nl> writes:
>
>   
>> On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 06:18:21PM -0500, Karl Berry wrote:
>>     
>>> To repeat my previous point, apparently lost in the noise: if someone
>>> cares to find or create a ruby.zip file for Windows that can go in
>>> /support, it can go there.  If not, not.
>>>
>>> If someone wants to go further and make a ruby package that is
>>> installable in TL, that's cool too.
>>>       
>> There is a one-click installer at
>> http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?RubyInstaller
>>
>> I understand that it can be redistributed under either the Ruby
>> License (http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt) or under the GPL,
>> although the package also contains Windows redistributables.
>>     
>
>   
the tex live part of the dvd is gpl, but the goodies part of the 
collection can be anything

> "Under the GPL" implies that we'd also need to provide the
> corresponding source code or a written offer.
>   
so a pointer to source code would be enough, and maybe even:

google for "ruby source code download"

Hans


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