Re: [Rubycocoa-talk] Distributing RubyCocoa Apps

[Chris T. <ch...@cj...>]

I believe Ruby is part of the "BSD Subsystem" install, which is  
enabled by default. I may be wrong; you might check your Mac OS X  
install disks (Open the installer package and File > Show Files).  
It's not part of the developer tools.

You really want to bundle libruby as well as RubyCocoa with your app  
for two reasons:

1. The version of Ruby shipped with the system will change at Apple's  
whim.
2. The BSD Subsystem install can be disabled by the user.

> Also, since an app bundle is essentially a special kind of
> folder, would the licensing be treated as though I were linking to any
> other external LGPL library such as GTK+, thus allowing my freedom of
> license on the rest of the program in the bundle(I prefer the CPL)?

There isn't an exception in the LGPL (or the GPL) for dynamic  
linking. Also, the LGPL is very permissive, so I'd be curious to know  
what about the CPL conflicts with it? The "spirit" of the LGPL is  
satisfied if the source code to the LGPL portions of your app is  
available.

Chris

On Mar 27, 2005, at 5:39 AM, Brandon Sharitt wrote:

> I'm doing some Mac programming, and Ruby is my language of choice, but
> I had a few questions regarding distribution of RubyCocoa apps. One
> thing I'm uncertain about is dependencies. I know I have Ruby
> installed now, but I don't remember if it was there before the
> developer tools were installed(and removing and reinstalling is a huge
> pain in the ass), so is ruby installed on OS X by default(even if 10.3
> and above)? Also in line with dependancies, can the RubyCocoa
> framework be bundled with the app bundle so the user can just drag,
> drop, and use(like all good OS X apps, development frameworks
> excluded)? Also, since an app bundle is essentially a special kind of
> folder, would the licensing be treated as though I were linking to any
> other external LGPL library such as GTK+, thus allowing my freedom of
> license on the rest of the program in the bundle(I prefer the CPL)?
> I'm not a member of the list so please cc any replies to me personally
> at bsh...@gm...
>
> Thank You,
> Brandon Sharitt
>
>
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