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diff --git a/tool/ruby_vm/views/_copyright.erb b/tool/ruby_vm/views/_copyright.erb new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a449b0b735 --- /dev/null +++ b/tool/ruby_vm/views/_copyright.erb @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +%# -*- mode: c; style: ruby; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- +%# Copyright (c) 2017 Urabe, Shyouhei. All rights reserved. +%; +%# This file is a part of the programming language Ruby. Permission is hereby +%# granted, to either redistribute and/or modify this file, provided that the +%# conditions mentioned in the file COPYING are met. Consult the file for +%# details. +%; +%; +%# Below is the licensing term for the generated output, not this erb file. +/* This is an auto-generated file and is a part of the programming language + * Ruby. The person who created a program to generate this file (``I'' + * hereafter) would like to refrain from defining licensing of this generated + * source code. + * + * This file consist of many small parts of codes copyrighted by each authors, + * not only the ``I'' person. Those original authors agree with some + * open-source license. I believe that the license we agree is the condition + * mentioned in the file COPYING. It states "4. You may modify and include + * the part of the software into any other software ...". But the problem is, + * the license never makes it clear if such modified parts still remain in the + * same license, or not. The fact that we agree with the source code's + * licensing terms do not automatically define that of generated ones. This is + * the reason why this file is under unclear situation. All that I know is + * that above provision guarantees this file to exist. + * + * Please let me hesitate to declare something about this nuanced contract. I + * am not in the position to take over other authors' license to merge into my + * one. Changing them to (say) GPLv3 is not doable by myself. Perhaps someday + * it might turn out to be okay to say this file is under a license. I wish the + * situation would become more clear in the future. */ |