Why did you bother writing Ronin, but instead worked on Metasploit?
I wanted to explore different software design concepts and architectural choices, other than the ones followed by Metasploit. I also didn’t prefer the coding style used within Metasploit’s code-base. By starting from scratch with Ronin, I was able to freely make radical decisions, such as hosting the code on GitHub, choosing to use DataMapper to manage and update the Database or package Ronin as separate RubyGems hosted on RubyForge and GemCutter. • Could I use Ronin’s convenience methods in Metasploit Technically speaking, yes you could load Ronin’s convenience methods and use them within Metasploit exploits. But Metasploit would still be unable to make use of Ronin’s Database, use any of Ronin’s objects, or access the Ronin Overlay cache. You would have to manually load and access these things from within Metasploit. Legally speaking, since Ronin’s code-base is licensed under the GPL-2, any linking to Ronin’s code-base (either statically or dynamically at run-time) creates a derived
