On 21 March 2011 18:48, 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?
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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
