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Ask HN: Please explain this open-source 'laws'

by grep on 5/18/11, 10:20 AM with 1 comments

Hi,

Is it possible to fork a open-source rails gem, edit it and launch it as a gem to use with my app? I have no problems giving credits to the author etc, just want to know the ramifications of this.

Regards

  • by leh on 5/18/11, 11:33 AM

    In general I would say yes. But for a definitive answer you should clarifiy:

    * which open source license the original gem author chose

    * "edit it and launch it as a gem": do you want to distribute the modified gem (e.g. upload to github)?