-----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-----