By poloplayer on

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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nevets’s picture

nevets commented

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

poloplayer’s picture

poloplayer commented

what about modules which require a subscription fee?

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

There are modules that rely on a service that has a subscription fee.

bojanz’s picture

bojanz commented

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).

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Seb_CKSource commented

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.

poloplayer’s picture

poloplayer commented

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.

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

That is wishful thinking, there are many well supported modules out there

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

Drupal licensing requires that modules include a readable copy of the code.

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bigbabert
Location Milano, Italy
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There is modules that need paid subscription to work eg choesion now knowed as Site Studio (https://www.drupal.org/acquia-site-studio#projects-supported) and for example SAM SSO by miniorange: https://www.drupal.org/project/miniorange_saml

i don't understand if the topic is still actual.

BR

Alberto

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deagojonson commented

Hi Alberto, thanks for pointing that out. I also came across the same modules like Acquia Site Studio (https://www.drupal.org/acquia-site-studio#projects-supported) and miniOrange SAML SSO (https://www.drupal.org/project/miniorange_saml) which seem to require paid subscriptions. Do you know if this is still the case today, or if there are any community-supported alternatives available?

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harry5577 commented

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