[FR-devel] Re: Redistribution question

[Richard Kilmer]

Thanks why...I was trying to figure out how to take the next step in 
asking if we could use it to run our syndicate ;-)

Anyway, I am just cc'ing this to the FreeRIDE list to let others know 
that project "Who's your daddy" is a go...ah...I mean, we can add 
yaml.rb to FreeBASE with your permission.

-rich

On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 01:52  AM, why the lucky stiff wrote:

> Hey Rich.
>
> Please do whatever you like with the YAML.rb library.  Honestly, if you
> want to change the name, reattribute it to yourself and start the
> largest syndicate of corruption this world has seen, you have my
> permission.  I don't want licensing or the structure of my distribution
> to limit your project's path.
>
> Future incarnations of YAML.rb will be included with Ruby.  I don't 
> plan
> on doing anymore development on the module outside of the Ruby
> distribution.  (Except to say that I will have a package available for
> integration with pre-1.8 Ruby.)
>
> I am also passing this message on to the YAML-Core list, as I'm sure
> many will enjoy reading about your evangelism.
>
> Wonderful news about OSCON.  Gluck,
>
> _why
>
> Richard Kilmer (address@hidden) wrote:
> > Why,
> >
> > We are, as you know, totally sold on YAML for FreeRIDE plugin
> > configuration data.  The core of FreeRIDE is the FreeBASE plugin
> > manager.  That is really where YAML is used, and that directory
> > contains only eight files.  We are working to make FreeBASE a released
> > library in its own right (mainly for 'marketing' reasons ;-)  It will
> > be useful for anyone who wants a plugin-based application.  It will
> > also allow us to grow expertise in the Ruby community in writing
> > FreeBASE plugins (which in turn will work seamlessly under FreeRIDE).
> >
> > The question is, the only third-party library we depend on right now 
> > is
> > yaml.rb.  Do you mind if we drop that file into our 'freebase'
> > directory and make it part of it?  In our code, that file will be
> > accessed through:
> >
> > require 'freebase/yaml'
> >
> > All appropriate copyrights, yada yada yada will be maintained, of
> > course with attribution to the yaml4r library and your expert
> > authorship.
> >
> > Is this cool with you?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > BTW:  I got a presentation accepted at O'Reilly's Open Source
> > Convention speaking on Ruby and FreeRIDE (and...of course...YAML)...so
> > that should be fun!
> >
> > Also, I did training for a system I developed on a DARPA research
> > project that uses FreeBASE as the plugin framework, so I got to teach
> > folks how to edit YAML files...they all thought it was pretty cool.