Hi > On 29 Oct 2018, at 11:01, Peter Petrik <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > My task is to create specific iOS application for a client that depends only > on qgis_core and qgis_quick libraries, moreover distributed strictly outside > App Store. So I assume there is a little problem with licensing here. >
Isn’t geos and others needed to compile QGIS core? > Ad: iOS vs MacOS. This is similar to running full QGIS on android device, vs > running QField (or similar "reduced" application based on QtQuick). One thing > is possibility to run something somewhere, other thing is if it is usable at > all. I can imagine that it may be possible to compile and run QGIS on a smart > fridge, but ... :) If we want to ship something official for iOS (or Android) > on the official store(s), we would probably need to agree on some > application (&set of its features) based on qgis quick. I think you understood me incorrectly. Their new frameworks allow running iOS apps on the desktop as native macOS apps, not the other way around. I think this has interesting use cases (I often get asked about making slimmed down versions of QGIS for people for example)…. Regards Tim > > Cheers, > Peter > > > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 10:32 PM Nyall Dawson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 01:22, Tim Sutton <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > One (probably unpopular and definitely tedious if not impossible) option > > might be for us to add an exception to the GPL license used for QGIS > > allowing its distriibuton via app stores, get every committer who has code > > in the current codebase to agree to the exception and build iOS packages > > off that. Though that would still leave a large issue of the dependent > > libraries that we use that are under GPL where the latter approach is even > > less feasible. So while I am excited at the idea of running QGIS on my iPad > > / iPhone I am wondering if this is a dead-end excursion in terms of making > > QGS generally available on iOS? > > > > This is opening a complete can of worms... but I've wondered for a > while if we need to set up a contributor agreement which grants > copyright of code to the QGIS organisation, so that we have the > flexibility to relicense QGIS in future if (and ONLY IF!!) > required***. Currently we are stuck with the GPLv2 or later license > forever, but I can definitely see a time when we'd like to drop the > "v2" and move to a pure "v3 or greater" license, or even relicense > under something more permissive like the MIT license. > > I see this "stuck with the GPLv2 license FOREVER AND EVER" as a > potential risk to the project. There's many other open source licenses > to choose from, including some which MAY be much better to suited for > the project. But I feel confident that with the right approach, > careful wording, and legal fine print we could, at this stage of the > project, get agreement from all current contributors to a copyright > transfer agreement. So I'd like us to at least have a nice discussion > about whether this is a good idea or not. > > Nyall > > *** Hey Trolly mcTrollface: I'm not ever saying QGIS should go closed > source. Go take your annoying breed of community troublemaking > elsewhere and let us keep this discussion civil and based on facts > only. > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> — Tim Sutton Co-founder: Kartoza Ex Project chair: QGIS.org Visit http://kartoza.com <http://kartoza.com/> to find out about open source: Desktop GIS programming services Geospatial web development GIS Training Consulting Services Skype: timlinux IRC: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net
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