Ruby on Rails was created by David Heinemeier Hansson, a partner at 37signals, then extended and improved upon by a core team and hundreds of open-source contributors. Rails is released under the MIT license. Ruby is available under the Ruby License.

Learn more about Open Source in Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" section.

37 Signals
Web-based applications including Basecamp, Campfire, Backpack, Writeboard, and more.

Homepage of the Open Source Initiative
The latest OSI news, an index of licenses with definitions, open source links, translations of the Open Source Definition and the history of the OSI and its board of directors.

Ruby License Agreement
Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto. This text file provides the full Fill License agreement.

Ruby on Rails Ramps Up
Ruby on Rails is out with a new release of its open source Web framework with a promise: making it even easier to develop AJAX-based, Web 2.0 applications.

Ruby on Rails Web site
Official downloads, latest news, documentation, and more.

Ruby: Programmers' Best Friend
The official Web site for Ruby.

RubyCentral
RubyCentral is a growing Web resource for everything to do with the Ruby language.

The MIT License
The Open Source Initiative OSI - The MIT License. This Web page provides the details and specifics for the The MIT License.

Using Ruby on Rails for Development on Mac OS X
It should come as no surprise that Mac OS X is a favored platform for Rails development. Rails and its supporting cast of web servers and databases thrive on the rich Mac OS X environment. A popular text editor used by many Rails programmers is TextMate, a Cocoa application. And all members of the Rails core development team work with Macs.

Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" Section
Use this Webopedia knowledge section for an in-depth overview of specific technologies and occurrences in the areas of Computer Science, The Internet, and Computer Hardware and Software.