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* It is confusing to put the GPL license terms in the file COPYING;

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Rename the files COPYING and COPYING.LIB to GPL and LGPL, respectively.

* While I am here, update the LGPL with the "Lesser" one.

* Move the "copying" sections of the files README and README.jp to
  COPYING and COPYING.jp, respectively.


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@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to
process text files and to do system management tasks (as in
Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
* Features of Ruby
+ Simple Syntax
@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
+ Highly Portable(works on many UNIX machines, and on DOS,
Windows, Mac, BeOS etc.)
* How to get Ruby
The Ruby distribution can be found on:
@ -31,6 +33,14 @@ You can get it by anonymous CVS. How to check out is:
CVS password: anonymous
$ cvs -z4 -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.ruby-lang.org:/src checkout ruby
* Ruby home-page
The URL of the Ruby home-page is:
http://www.ruby-lang.org/
* Mailing list
There is a mailing list to talk about Ruby.
@ -42,6 +52,7 @@ e.g.
in the mail body (not subject) to the address <ruby-talk-ctl@ruby-lang.org>.
* How to compile and install
This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
@ -75,70 +86,11 @@ This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
If you fail to compile ruby, please send the detailed error report with
the error log and machine/OS type, to help others.
* Copying
Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@zetabits.com>.
You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL
(see COPYING file), or the conditions below:
See the file COPYING.
1. You 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. You may modify your copy of the software in any way, provided that
you do at least ONE of the following:
a) place 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.
b) use the modified software only within your corporation or
organization.
c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict
with standard executables, which must also be provided.
d) make other distribution arrangements with the author.
3. You may distribute the software in object code or executable
form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
a) distribute the executables and library files of the software,
together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent)
on where to get the original distribution.
b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of
the software.
c) give non-standard executables non-standard names, with
instructions on where to get the original software distribution.
d) make other distribution arrangements with the author.
4. You may modify and include the part of the software into any other
software (possibly commercial). But some files in the distribution
are not written by the author, so that they are not under this terms.
They are utils.c(partly), regex.[ch], st.[ch] and some files under
the ./missing directory. See each file for the copying condition.
5. The 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. THIS 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.
* Ruby home-page
The URL of the Ruby home-page is:
http://www.ruby-lang.org/
* The Author