[kwlug-disc] Wordpress themes must be GPL

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

>> But when you move to stuff that is interpreted and shares process space
>> (e.g.
>> Wordpress or Drupal interpreted via PHP which runs inside Apache), things
>> get more interesting. Is your module or theme "derived work"?
>
> Linus made it blatantly clear that modules (code which links to the
kernel) do
> not have to be GPL.

Last I heard was that he was saying kernel modules that were not ports from
another operating system are Linux derived work, and hence GPL.

If he has changed his stance, then I must have missed it.

> It appears that Wordpress and Drupal need to make very
> clear statements as well.  It seems that Wordpress has, and that's what
this
> whole thread was about. :-)

I can't speak for Wordpress, but Drupal is clear about it:

http://drupal.org/licensing/faq#q7
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