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
On Mar 21, 3:18 pm, Bryan Crossland <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Paul E. G. Lynch <[email protected]>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?
>
> I'm no attorney but I believe the answer is that ActiveRecord is not
> modifying MySQL but is a separate framework for accessing it as well as a
> number of other databases. You still need a copy of MySQL if you want to use
> the part that can access it. The FAQ for GPL/GNU explains more in the
> section on "Using programs released under the GNU licenses when writing
> other programs".
>
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
>
> B.
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