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

4 points by grep 15y ago ↗ HN

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

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leh 15y ago ↗

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)?