The folks who are enthusiastic on this topic are talking at http://groups.drupal.org/legal. I suggest continuing the conversation there, as this list is focused on development.
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Cameron Eagans <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Drupalistas! > > This question has come up a couple of times in our local Drupal user group > meetings, but the answer that was given didn't sound quite right to me: > > If I code a module for Drupal, does it -have- to be GPL? That is, is a > module considered a 'derivative work' of Drupal? Or is a module considered > it's own entity from an intellectual property standpoint (that is, can I use > something like http://www.raizlabs.com/software/phpobfuscator/ to obfuscate > my source code and sell my module without licensing it as GPL?) > > Because a module executes as a part of Drupal, must it be GPL? > > Taking that further, can we apply the same question to things like the Linux > kernel? Is a kernel module required to be GPL? Can I sell a proprietary > kernel extension? > > Thanks, > Cameron Eagans >
