Martin Dougiamas

I just want to reiterate that now is the time to help with this spec because it's starting soon.

I also want to say that I like the plan the lot - I think it addresses all the concerns that I've ever heard about Moodle navigation and theme design. And it does it in an evolutionary way so there shouldn't be any shocks.

I'm quite looking forward to seeing what site designers and theme designers will be able to do with this!

If the module is something useful on its own, and the other code X is something absolutely completely separate and underived from Moodle that simply adds some value when it is installed, then I think that's probably OK to sell X under a different license. it's not great but it's probably allowed.

Otherwise, if the two parts are dependent then you really aren't "giving the module away for free", are you? The module won't achieve its main purpose without the libraries so it'd be pure marketing spin to describe it as free.

What you are really doing there is distributing GPL code mixed with non-GPL code. Which you definitely can't do.

See: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MoneyGuzzlerInc

Hi,

This should not be posted to the public forums.

It was posted to Moodle admins privately for a reason (which was to give everyone a chance to upgrade before it went public)

We obviously need to come up with some way of translating these emails though!

No, absolutely no problem with that. Nor with any Moodle-compatible addons you wish to produce and even sell.

The trademark mostly applies to generic Moodle services.

So if you had a site called "Moodle development 4 U" and you offered 'Moodle customisation services' on it to anyone who came along, then it would require checking with moodle.com/helpdesk.

Hi Mary. See the very bottom of every page on moodle.org for the Policy on Advertising. It applies to everyone, obviously.