Re: [Rails] I was told using GPL code is a problem (mongrel) even if not modifying that code

On Friday, October 11, 2013 12:13:44 PM UTC-4, Jordon Bedwell wrote:

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Jedrin <jrub...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I was told that we can't use mongrel with JRuby because mongrel is GPL and
> based on lawyer language if we include mongrel then our code violates some
> situation where someone could claim our code should become free. I always
> thought this would only apply if we modified the mongrel code base in any
> way then we have to make that mongrel version available but this is not what
> I am told but rather our code base (totally seperate from mongrel) can't use
> mongrel ..

You need to consult your lawyer but Mongrel offers a permissive
license of their own under dual licensing:
https://github.com/mongrel/mongrel/blob/master/LICENSE you've the
option to choose which you like, mongrel2 is BSD:
https://github.com/zedshaw/mongrel2/blob/master/LICENSE

oops .. I meant to say mongoDB

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