[development] GPL 2 violation by integrationservic.es

Steven Jones steven.jones at computerminds.co.uk
Thu Nov 19 16:43:03 UTC 2009


Hi Alex,

I didn't think that being GPL licensed implies being free (as in
beer). You may still charge to distribute the GPL'd code. I'm not a
lawyer though.

Regards
Steven Jones
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2009/11/19 Alex Barth <alex at developmentseed.org>:
>
> This may have come up before, but http://integrationservic.es/drupal.php
> launched on Nov 12 and appears to be violating drupal's GPL2 by charging 33
> $ for a module download:
>
> http://drupal.org/node/229996#comment-2210628
>
> http://integrationservic.es/drupal.php
>
> http://twitter.com/cc_php/status/5654452582
>
> Is this
>
> a) A violation of of drupal's GPL 2? (In my understanding very clearly so)
> b) What are the proper steps to be taken to get this code taken down or
> published?
>
> Alex Barth
> http://www.developmentseed.org/blog
> tel (202) 250-3633
>
>
>
>
>


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