Re: Drupal module licensing

Lyos Gemini Norezel <lyos.gemininorezel@xxxxxxxxx> · Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:24:49 -0500



    On 01/19/2011 07:42 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
    

    As the FAQ
      states:
      

      "4: I want to release my work under GPL version 3 or under GPL
      version
      

      2-only. Can I do so and host it on Drupal.org?
      

      You can release your work under any GPL version 2 or later
      compatible
      

      license, however, you may only check it into Drupal's CVS
      repository
      

      if you are releasing it under the same license as Drupal itself,
      that
      

      is, GPL version 2 or later. If you are unable or unwilling to do
      so,
      

      do not check it into Drupal's CVS repository."
      

      So if the module is carried in Drupal CVS, it *must* necessarily be
      

      licensed GPLv2+.
      

    Sorry to drag up such an old post... I'm way behind in email
    reading.
    

    This caught my eye and I had to respond.
    

    I'm no lawyer... however, doesn't the above quote from drupal make
    the entire codebase non-free?
    

    For all intents and purposes... drupal is saying "use this license
    or get lost", which calls into question who really owns the code.
    

    Is drupal effectively claiming ownership (and therefore licensing
    rights) over all of the code in their repository?
    

    Or is this kind of arm twisting allowed by supposedly "free"
    licenses?
    

    Lyos Gemini Norezel

    
    P.S.- Sorry Paul... forgot to use "reply list" instead of "reply".

  
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