[Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread G. Allegri
I've been asked to create a custom qgis, to be distributed via CD/DVD along with some data (vector and raster) that should be only visible and usable thorugh the customized qgis and not by any other tool. Has somebody in this list ever had to manage this kind of obfuscation? giovanni

Re: [Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:14:37PM +0200, G. Allegri wrote: I've been asked to create a custom qgis, to be distributed via CD/DVD along with some data (vector and raster) that should be only visible and usable thorugh the customized qgis and not by any other tool. Has somebody in this list

Re: [Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:50:28PM +0200, Sandro Santilli wrote: On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:14:37PM +0200, G. Allegri wrote: I've been asked to create a custom qgis, to be distributed via CD/DVD along with some data (vector and raster) that should be only visible and usable thorugh the

Re: [Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread G. Allegri
@Sandro: it's a requirement I'm asked to implement, not an hypothesis to discuss. We can debate on the choice, but that's not my problem at now ;) @Niccolò: good point. Howevere one could write a non GPL piece of code (the minimum to keep the data undisclosable) and link qgis to it. Is it

Re: [Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread Niccolo Rigacci
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:14:37PM +0200, G. Allegri wrote: I've been asked to create a custom qgis, to be distributed via CD/DVD along with some data (vector and raster) that should be only visible and usable thorugh the customized qgis and not by any other tool. It will be an ineffective

Re: [Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 01:10:55PM +0200, G. Allegri wrote: @Sandro: it's a requirement I'm asked to implement, not an hypothesis to discuss. We can debate on the choice, but that's not my problem at now ;) Oh, I tought you was a free citizen, not a military. But wait, even the military can

Re: [Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread G. Allegri
2011/9/15 Sandro Santilli s...@keybit.net On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 01:10:55PM +0200, G. Allegri wrote: @Sandro: it's a requirement I'm asked to implement, not an hypothesis to discuss. We can debate on the choice, but that's not my problem at now ;) Oh, I tought you was a free citizen, not

[Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Hi all. Thanks to the hard work of Giuseppe Sucameli, the supervision of Martin Dobias, and the support of Google for its Summer of Code initiative, DB Manager is now available. DBManager's aim is to merge together some QGis DB plugins, e.g. PGManager, SLManager, RT_Sql_Layer. In this moment it

Re: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread G. Allegri
Congratulations to all the developers. I've just seen the video and it looks really great! giovanni 2011/9/15 Paolo Cavallini cavall...@faunalia.it Hi all. Thanks to the hard work of Giuseppe Sucameli, the supervision of Martin Dobias, and the support of Google for its Summer of Code

Re: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread Yves Jacolin
Great! Thanks to all! Y. Le jeudi 15 septembre 2011 14:18:20, Paolo Cavallini a écrit : Hi all. Thanks to the hard work of Giuseppe Sucameli, the supervision of Martin Dobias, and the support of Google for its Summer of Code initiative, DB Manager is now available. DBManager's aim is to merge

RE: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread James Stott
I just tried to upgrade the plugin (it just came up with the new version recently) and it crashed and said I was missing a dependency. I think it was something tinker (I have forgotten exactly what it was)? I am using QGIS 1.8 from OSGEO4W on XP. James Stott BSc (Hons) MSc | Senior

Re: [Qgis-user] RE: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread Giuseppe Sucameli
Hi James, On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:37 PM, James Stott james.st...@npaconsult.co.uk wrote: I just tried to upgrade the plugin (it just came up with the new version recently) and it crashed and said I was missing a dependency. I think it was something tinker (I have forgotten exactly what it

RE: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread Saber Razmjooei
James Could you post the error? Cheers Saber On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 15:37 +0100, James Stott wrote: I just tried to upgrade the plugin (it just came up with the new version recently) and it crashed and said I was missing a dependency. I think it was something tinker (I have forgotten

Re: [Qgis-user] RE: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread Giuseppe Sucameli
Hi James, On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:37 PM, James Stott james.st...@npaconsult.co.uk wrote: it said I was missing a dependency. I think it was something tinker (I have forgotten exactly what it was)? please, could you post the error message? Anyway, DBManager uses pyspatialite and psycopg2

RE: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread James Stott
I cannot recreate the error now as the plugin manager is only finding version 0.1.0 of the plugin. James Stott BSc (Hons) MSc | Senior Professional Nicholas Pearson Associates | 30 Brock Street | Bath | BA1 2LN T: 01225 445548 | M: - http://www.npaconsult.co.uk/ -Original Message-

Re: [Qgis-user] RE: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread Giuseppe Sucameli
Hi James, On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:10 PM, James Stott james.st...@npaconsult.co.uk wrote: I cannot recreate the error now as the plugin manager is only finding version 0.1.0 of the plugin. the previous DB Manager versions was tagged as experimental, now the only available version is the

Re: [Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread Marco Hugentobler
Hi Giovanni The simplest solution might be to encrypt the data and send the key to your clients. Regards, Marco Am Donnerstag, 15. September 2011, 12.14:37 schrieb G. Allegri: I've been asked to create a custom qgis, to be distributed via CD/DVD along with some data (vector and raster)

Re: [Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
@Niccolò: good point. Howevere one could write a non GPL piece of code (the minimum to keep the data undisclosable) and link qgis to it. Is it forbidden by GPL license? I don't think... I think it is. I also believe it might be forbidden by the GPL. I think there might be a way to

Re: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
Great! What's the minimal QGIS version required? (I'm stuck with 1.7 until symbol levels with rule-based renderer find their way into the trunk). Mayeul Le jeudi 15 septembre 2011 à 14:18 +0200, Paolo Cavallini a écrit : Hi all. Thanks to the hard work of Giuseppe Sucameli, the supervision of

Re: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread Nathan Woodrow
Mayeul, The symbol levels for rule based renderer has been in trunk/master for a while now. Was added at https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/commit/9d113540971093fc9ed4dfcb9b4d46e1ac934824 https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/commit/9d113540971093fc9ed4dfcb9b4d46e1ac934824- Nathan On Fri, Sep

Re: [Qgis-developer] DB Manager release

2011-09-15 Thread Giuseppe Sucameli
Hi Mayeul, On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Mayeul Kauffmann mayeul.kauffm...@free.fr wrote: Great! What's the minimal QGIS version required? (I'm stuck with 1.7 until symbol levels with rule-based renderer find their way into the trunk). if you meant what's the minimal version to use the

Re: [Qgis-developer] Qgis custom buil to read obfuscated data

2011-09-15 Thread John Patterson
I agree that obfuscated source code is against the spirit of the GPL- 'The “source code” for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it'. There's also the remote possibility of a motivated party working to de-obfuscate if the dataset is juicy enough. I'd say that

[Qgis-developer] QGIS and FOSS4G 2011

2011-09-15 Thread Noli Sicad
Hi, I am just curious what is happening in FOSS4G 2011 Denver especially about QGIS. http://twitter.com/#!/search/QGIS http://twitter.com/#!/search/FOSS4G Did Pirmin and Alex showed the latest DB Manager plugin capabilities to these guys? Anyway, here's the link of material of the QGIS

Re: [Qgis-developer] QGIS and FOSS4G 2011

2011-09-15 Thread Alex Mandel
On 09/15/2011 06:03 PM, Noli Sicad wrote: Hi, I am just curious what is happening in FOSS4G 2011 Denver especially about QGIS. http://twitter.com/#!/search/QGIS http://twitter.com/#!/search/FOSS4G Did Pirmin and Alex showed the latest DB Manager plugin capabilities to these guys?

Re: [Qgis-developer] QGIS and FOSS4G 2011

2011-09-15 Thread Noli Sicad
Hi Alex, Thanks for the update. The drag and drop feature of the DB Manager plugin between canvas, shapefile, postgis and spatialite would probably WOW the audience. Please show it to them. Thanks. Noli On 9/16/11, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: On 09/15/2011 06:03 PM, Noli

Re: [Qgis-developer] QGIS and FOSS4G 2011

2011-09-15 Thread Pirmin Kalberer
Hi Noli, I got very positive feedback here. Usually like this: http://twitter.com/#!/cageyjames/status/114084774922035202 Regards Pirmin Am Freitag, 16. September 2011, 04.55:15 schrieb Noli Sicad: Hi Alex, Thanks for the update. The drag and drop feature of the DB Manager plugin between