Re: Re: MySQL & ActiveRecord Licenses

Bryan Crossland
2011-03-21T20:33:48Z

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Paul E. G. Lynch
<plynchnlm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>wrote:

> GPL requires that if you link with the library, you have to have a GPL-
> compatible license so that the result is available under GPL.  See:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingWithGPL
>
> So, if ActiveRecord is linking with the MySQL libraries, then my
> understanding is that it should be GPL (or something compatible).
> Just to clarify, I do not wish ActiveRecord to be GPL, and I do not
> even like GPL.  I am just trying to understand how they have avoided
> that license issue, because it has implications for the Ruby on Rails
> web application I am working on (for which we are working on a
> license).
>
>    --Paul
>
>
According to the MIT License it is compatible with GPL (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License). There is more links in there to
how the compatiblity works. To my knowledge no one has had a legal issue yet
with connecting their Rails app through ActiveRecord to MySQL.  I hope that
helps.

B.

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