[development] Modules that integrate non-GPL PHP apps violate the GPL.

Jeff Eaton jeff at viapositiva.net
Sat Sep 1 02:13:07 UTC 2007


The FSF folks, when I asked about this, basically said that it was  
probably violating the spirit of the GPL but not the letter. The  
number of permutations involved is why it's best to ask them -- or a  
lawyer. ;)

--Jeff

On Aug 31, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Larry Garfield wrote:

> So you are claiming, then, that a Drupal wrapper module for a non- 
> GPLed system
> that communicated only via REST calls (or similar) but still had no  
> actual
> function of its own without that non-GPLed system, is legal?



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