[documentation] [feature] CVS: Update FAQ.txt to clarify the impact of GPL on HTML output

[Eaton]

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 Project:      Documentation
 Version:      <none>
 Component:    Misc
 Category:     feature requests
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  Anonymous
 Reported by:  Eaton
 Updated by:   Eaton
 Status:       patch (code needs review)
 Attachment:   http://drupal.org/files/issues/FAQ.txt.patch (901 bytes)

There's been a lot of confusion over the implications of Drupal's GPL
license. In particular, the question of whether HTML output from a
Drupal site is automatically GPL'd. Ideally, this would be included
somewhere in the drupal core distro, but for now a quick addition to
the FAQ.txt file found in the CVS /contributions directory can help.


+Q: Does the GNU/GPL license apply to the HTML generated by a Drupal
site?
+A: No. It is the intent of the Drupal developers that the license
apply to Drupal,
+   as well as any modules, theme engines, or theme code written to
interact with it.
+   The output generated by that code on a live site, however, is not
automatically
+   released under the same license.


Wording can probably be improved, but based on all the discussions that
have floated around and all the folks that have participated in them, I
think it would be very helpful.




Eaton