[Yaml-core] Re: Redistribution question

[why t. l. s. <yam...@wh...>]

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 (ri...@in...) 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.
>