[consulting] GPL v3, contributions and effect on community

[Greg Holsclaw]

Dependent upon maybe too strong of a word, but keeping some key source
code/custom module may introduce a competitive advantage that a business
wants to exploit as long as possible.

I just hope that if I write a custom module for a site, that someone
can't come knocking on my door, demanding my source code just because it
interacts with Drupal/MySQL and some other OS/GPL code base. My company
has been operating under the assumption that you can't.



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[mailto:consulting-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Boris Mann
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [consulting] GPL v3, contributions and effect on community

On 3/20/07, Dan Robinson <dan at civicactions.com> wrote:

> I wonder how many professional people using Drupal are dependent on
> keeping source closed for their business success.

Probably not a lot.

At the end of the day, you get paid for a) work you do (consulting,
theming, development) and/or for b) services you provide (hosting,
support, etc.)

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Boris Mann
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