Re: [QGIS-Developer] license requirements for QGIS plugin

On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 04:14:49PM +1200, Olivier Dalang wrote: > We tried our best to convince some partners to base some of their work on > QGIS, but they are not ready for open-source yet. Patience is a good virtue. Sharing is another one. --strk;

Re: [QGIS-Developer] license requirements for QGIS plugin

On 6 March 2018 at 05:14, Olivier Dalang wrote: > Then, I found this [3] saying it's possible to use closed external tools, > such as file based exchanges from/to external applications. yes, it does not violate GPL calling external executable > So if they build a

Re: [QGIS-Developer] license requirements for QGIS plugin

Hi Olivier, Il 06/03/2018 05:14, Olivier Dalang ha scritto: > I found this blog post [1] which very clearly states plugins must comply > to GPL-2. my advice would be to seek advice from a lawyer: these are corner cases, and only a lawyer can tell you what is acceptable or not. However: * does

[QGIS-Developer] license requirements for QGIS plugin

Hi ! We tried our best to convince some partners to base some of their work on QGIS, but they are not ready for open-source yet. Thus, I started looking into license requirements for QGIS plugins. But the more I read, the more I get confused. I found this blog post [1] which very clearly states