This link has some old discussion on this subject. http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2001-August/000207.ht ml
Not sure what is the current status. Perhaps it's good idea to post a short notes on licensing at http://postgis.refractions.net -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:02 AM To: PostGIS Users Discussion Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Postgis-CommercialLicence There is no implication with using the database, you can license your client software anyway you like. On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:30 AM, iceDice <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I want to develop commercial Java GIS application and use PostgreSQL with > Postgis for storing spatial data. I am interested what are constraints of > using > Postgis in commercial applications? I know that PostgreSQL is BSD licensed > but > Postgis is GPL licensed. Is that mean that i must open all my source code > only because i using Postgis for spacially enabling PostgreSQL? > I intend to use GeoTools gt-postgis.jar library for accessing Postgis > columns > in database (GeoTools is LGPL licensed). > > Best regards. > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Postgis-CommercialLicence-tp25531112p25531112.html > Sent from the PostGIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
