-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Cameron Eagans schrieb: > 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
http://drupal.org/licensing/faq#q7 Yes > a module considered a 'derivative work' of Drupal? Or is a module Yes > 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?) No > Because a module executes as a part of Drupal, must it be GPL? Yes > 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? That's off-topic. Cheers, Gerhard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAku0+aQACgkQfg6TFvELooTS4QCeJJFBuIMQBkjO2qRigGHJbF/6 aXIAmgJrJtZ3aDtItsyXd/lI+eQWDRw/ =SPkW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
