On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Paul E. G. Lynch <[email protected]>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. -- 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.
