Re: MySQL & ActiveRecord Licenses

Chris Mear
2011-03-21T20:33:02Z

On 21 March 2011 18:48, Paul E. G. Lynch
<plynchnlm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> MySQL''s license is GPL.  ActiveRecord, which (I presume) uses
MySQL''s
> client libraries, is under the MIT license.  How does ActiveRecord
> avoid being GPL?

Oracle makes an exception to the GPL for MySQL which (loosely
paraphrasing) allows linking the MySQL client libraries with non-GPL''d
software, as long as that software is licensed under another approved
FOSS license:

http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception/

Chris