[consulting] Selling Modules

[sime]

Thanks Gerhard

So correcting my own statement: I can sell proprietary code that is 
compatible with drupal - but just don't distribute it with drupal. (?)


Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:

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>>If people are legally making money from GPL code (yours or otherwise), 
>>then you're either jealous or you're not.
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>>You can write your own module and you don't need to GPL it,
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>That's wrong. As soon as you distribute the module you need to release
>it under the GPL. That's the so-called viral nature of the GPL.
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>>you can 
>>encrypt it (or whatever) and sell along with a Drupal site.
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>This would compromise the buyer's right to use your code under the GPL
>and thus terminate your right to use Drupal under the GPL.
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