From 0b715c7c57027f7625bdd8123e3c33faae17ac45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Susan van den Broek <susan.van.den.broek@axini.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:47:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add license file and update license in gemspec

---
 LICENSE.md         | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 httpclient.gemspec |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 LICENSE.md

diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3463b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@netlab.jp>.
+You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the
+2-clause BSDL (see the file BSDL), or the conditions below:
+
+1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the
+   software without restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the
+   original copyright notices and associated disclaimers.
+
+2. You may modify your copy of the software in any way, provided that
+   you do at least ONE of the following:
+
+   a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise
+   make them Freely Available, such as by posting said
+   modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or by allowing
+   the author to include your modifications in the software.
+
+   b) use the modified software only within your corporation or
+   organization.
+
+   c) give non-standard binaries non-standard names, with
+   instructions on where to get the original software distribution.
+
+   d) make other distribution arrangements with the author.
+
+3. You may distribute the software in object code or binary form,
+   provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
+
+   a) distribute the binaries and library files of the software,
+   together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent)
+   on where to get the original distribution.
+
+   b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of
+   the software.
+
+   c) give non-standard binaries non-standard names, with
+   instructions on where to get the original software distribution.
+
+   d) make other distribution arrangements with the author.
+
+4. You may modify and include the part of the software into any other
+   software (possibly commercial).  But some files in the distribution
+   are not written by the author, so that they are not under these terms.
+
+   For the list of those files and their copying conditions, see the
+   file LEGAL.
+
+5. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as
+   output from the software do not automatically fall under the
+   copyright of the software, but belong to whomever generated them,
+   and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this
+   software.
+
+6. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
+   IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
+   WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+   PURPOSE.
diff --git a/httpclient.gemspec b/httpclient.gemspec
index c214c7c..c7fe53c 100644
--- a/httpclient.gemspec
+++ b/httpclient.gemspec
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new { |s|
   s.summary = 'gives something like the functionality of libwww-perl (LWP) in Ruby'
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
   s.files = Dir.glob('{bin,lib,sample,test}/**/*') + ['README.md']
-  s.license = 'ruby'
+  s.license = 'Ruby'
   s.add_dependency "mutex_m"
 }