Posted by poloplayer on June 5, 2012 at 2:07pm
I'm new at this and was curious whether I was imagining this or if it may be true.
It seems like none of the modules for Drupal are paid? Is this true overall or am I imagining it?
And to be clear, I'm not talking about themes, or hiring someone to fix some sort of module for you. I mean standard module that you simply have to purchase or pay subscription fee to.
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There are modules out there
There are modules out there that you can pay for but Drupal licensing means if I buy module X, it has to include the source in readable format and I can then give it away
what about modules which
what about modules which require a subscription fee?
There are modules that rely
There are modules that rely on a service that has a subscription fee.
In general, you don't sell
In general, you don't sell Drupal modules.
You sell your services (development, support), you sell a platform (SaaS like Drupal Gardens) or a subscription to an external service (Mollom).
You also sell/buy the right
You also sell/buy the right to hide the code and remove the copyrights. Many modules have both Open Source and paid versions. I'm part of a team that has both. Many get the Open Source version and don't care that each file has a copyright they can't remove, while others pay to hide the code and remove the copyrights. A paid license looks more professional in certain settings. People complain that Microsoft is very closed company, but if they started using Open Source code people would sneer at them.
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I think paid modules may be
I think paid modules may be more reliable in terms of support and updates. How do you tell if a module has a paid version? just searching for modules does not seem to yield any results for paid ones.
That is wishful thinking,
That is wishful thinking, there are many well supported modules out there
Drupal licensing requires
Drupal licensing requires that modules include a readable copy of the code.