About using the Licence Ouverte 2.0 in commercial projects

Hello!

First of all, thanks for your interest in our theme.

As everything in french administration, this topic is a little bit complicated. There are two concepts to distinguish : the design and the source code:

• 🇫🇷 The french govt Design System itself (DSFR), as described on the official DSFR website, has its own terms of use (CGU for "conditions générales d'utilisation") described by a French legal directive. These terms restrict the use of the Design System to French government websites only.
• 📄 The materialization of this Design System in the form of source code (HTML/CSS/JS) and, further, the Drupal Theme, are subjects to an open license.

In summary, anyone has the right to retrieve, modify, and distribute the DSFR source code. However, only a government operator or administration is allowed to use the DSFR design for his website.

This distinction between the two concepts aims to restrict the use of the DSFR while allowing developers of French government websites to freely appropriate the source code and adapt it to any technical stack.

I hope this answer your question :)

Hello,

Thank you for your detailed response! I now understand the distinction between the DSFR source code (which is open) and the DSFR design (which is restricted to French government websites).

I would like to clarify one more point:
👉 If I use this Drupal theme but modify the design so that my website cannot be confused with a French public administration, would this be considered an allowed use?

In other words:

If I change branding elements (such as logos, colors, typography, etc.) so that my site clearly does not resemble an official government website,
But still use the base Drupal theme and the DSFR components in a way that does not suggest affiliation with the French administration,

Would this be compliant with the terms of use?

Thanks again for your help! 😊

Honestly, I don't know.

I'm not a lawyer, so I can't give you any statement about this. Also, it may be possible if you modify deeply the theme to create your very own design with a new and unambiguous graphic identity separate from the DSFR.