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| -rw-r--r-- | kcar.gemspec | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kcar.gemspec b/kcar.gemspec index 6283992..3d8d39d 100644 --- a/kcar.gemspec +++ b/kcar.gemspec @@ -19,5 +19,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s| s.add_development_dependency('olddoc', '~> 1.0') s.add_development_dependency('test-unit', '~> 3.0') - s.licenses = %w(GPLv2+ Ruby) + # Note: To avoid ambiguity, we intentionally avoid the SPDX-compatible + # 'Ruby' for the Ruby 1.8 license. This is because Ruby 1.9.3 switched + # to BSD-2-Clause, but we inherited our license from Mongrel when + # Ruby was at 1.8. We cannot automatically switch licenses when Ruby + # changes; so we maintain the Ruby 1.8 license (not 1.9.3+) along + # with GPL-2.0+ + s.licenses = %w(GPL-2.0+ Nonstandard) end |