<br>>> But when you move to stuff that is interpreted and shares process space<br>>> (e.g.<br>>> Wordpress or Drupal interpreted via PHP which runs inside Apache), things<br>>> get more interesting. Is your module or theme "derived work"?<br>
><br>> Linus made it blatantly clear that modules (code which links to the kernel) do<br>> not have to be GPL. <br><br>Last I heard was that he was saying kernel modules that were not ports from<br>another operating system are Linux derived work, and hence GPL. <br>
<br>If he has changed his stance, then I must have missed it.<br><br>> It appears that Wordpress and Drupal need to make very<br>> clear statements as well. It seems that Wordpress has, and that's what this<br>
> whole thread was about. :-)<br><br>I can't speak for Wordpress, but Drupal is clear about it:<br><br><a href="http://drupal.org/licensing/faq#q7">http://drupal.org/licensing/faq#q7</a><br>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br>
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