[drupal-devel] Drupal and GPL3

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Earl Dunovant wrote:

> Maybe I shouldn't, but...
>
> On 10/7/05, Gerhard Killesreiter <killesreiter at physik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> > > For example the new SPAM module is under the BSD license.  The new
> >
> > GPL compatible.
>
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
>
> I don't see anything that compels sharing of modifications like GPL
> does.

The GPL does that only if you distribute the code. Many people miss that
details.

> And it's real simple...no place to hide missing meanings.
>
> So...what does "GPL compatible" mean?

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatIsCompatible

Cheers,
	Gerhard