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<p dir="auto">All of the links and details are still valid.</p>
<p dir="auto">From 9th May 2023 <a
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<p dir="auto">This motion did not pass in the allocated time. I
would like to ask<br>
another volunteer to review.</p>
<p dir="auto">We had one question come up during voting on license
compatibility that is<br>
interesting but may not be suitable for public discussion.</p>
<p dir="auto">Jody</p>
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<p dir="auto">The licensing question was: <a
href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2023-April/004648.html"
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<p dir="auto">I don't get to vote, but I have had a question about
qfield for a long<br>
time that I have never seen an answer for. I am 99% sure I have
asked<br>
about it on one of the qgis lists in the past.</p>
<p dir="auto">The license for qgis is GPL2, and qfield has the
same license. qfield<br>
appears to contain qgis code. That's all fine.</p>
<p dir="auto">The android app is distributed under GPL2
presumably, but I don't see<br>
that mentioned in the google play store. That's a minor issue
and<br>
easily fixed, assuming that there aren't proprietary android
libraries<br>
(e.g. Google Play services) bundled in.</p>
<p dir="auto">The iOS app is presumably also GPL2, but as I
understand it, that's not<br>
allowed in the apple app store, and the Apple app store's terms
prohibit<br>
redistribution of the app one obtains, which is incompatible
with GPL2.<br>
Often software that was Free before it goes into the Apple app
store has<br>
a special license from the copyright holders to be able to be<br>
distributed under the non-Free license required by Apple. But
with code<br>
from qgis -- since it has no such exception -- I don't
understand how<br>
this is working.</p>
<p dir="auto">Thus, I don't understand the licensing situation. My
specific<br>
questions:</p>
<p dir="auto">Is the license for qfield straight GPL2, as the repo
indicates, or<br>
something else?</p>
<p dir="auto">Does qfield contain qgis code, such that it's a
derived work?</p>
<p dir="auto">If so, is qgis straight GPL2?</p>
<p dir="auto">Is the Android binary under GPL2, with only Free
software as sources?</p>
<p dir="auto">Is the iOS binary on gitub under GPL2, with only
Free software as<br>
sources?</p>
<p dir="auto">How is the iOS binary being distributed in the Apple
app store?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks,<br>
Greg</p>
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<p dir="auto">I don't know the details of the licensing question, or
whether this is still valid.</p>
<p dir="auto">Therefore I propose to make a motion to accept QField
as an OSGeo Community Project</p>
<p dir="auto">The motion is held open for two weeks until Thursday 2
April and<br>
requires at least 50% quorum from the following Committee Members:</p>
<pre><code> - Angelos Tzotsos
- Arnulf Christl
- Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
- Brian M Hamlin
- Daniel Morissette
- Dimitris Kotzinos
- Frank Warmerdam
- Jo Cook
- Jody Garnett
- Michael Smith
- Nick Bearman +1
- Regina Obe
- Steve Lime
- Tom Kralidis
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">I am happy with this, and am starting with a +1</p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks<br>
Nick.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/01/2026 17:46, Angelos Tzotsos
via Incubator wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:2611efb4-8bdf-41a4-8490-c4af8503a0f5@gmail.com"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/9">https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/9</a>
<br>
<br>
On 4/21/23 20:34, Jody Garnett wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">I would like to make a motion:
<br>
Recommending QField for the osgeo community project program.
<br>
<br>
The motion is held open for two weeks, until May 5th 2023.
<br>
<br>
- Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
<br>
- Arnulf Christl
<br>
- Jo Cook
<br>
- Jody Garnett +1 (initial motion)
<br>
- Dimitris Kotzinos
<br>
- Tom Kralidis
<br>
- Michael Smith
<br>
- Steve Lime
<br>
- Daniel Morissette
<br>
- Frank Warmerdam
<br>
- Angelos Tzotsos
<br>
<br>
<br>
Checking the project against our requirements
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_Community_Projects_Program"><https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_Community_Projects_Program></a>
<br>
:
<br>
<br>
1. Be geospatial
<br>
- Confirm by checking README or project description
<br>
- project page on the osgeo website
<br>
- We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an
OSGeo Live
<br>
quickstart
<br>
<br>
Most of this was checked for website requirements. There is nice
user
<br>
documentation (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.qfield.org/get-started/">https://docs.qfield.org/get-started/</a>).
<br>
<br>
<br>
2. Have a free license or an open source license.
<br>
- The license must be OSI approved
<br>
- We ask that the project team check the file headers and double
check the
<br>
license has been appropriately applied
<br>
<br>
GPL2 is provided in docs
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.qfield.org/get-started/license/">https://docs.qfield.org/get-started/license/</a>) and
<br>
source code
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/LICENSE">https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/LICENSE</a>).
<br>
<br>
The team has automated check that license is applied (
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/scripts/licensecheck.pl">https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/scripts/licensecheck.pl</a>)
<br>
which is really cool.
<br>
<br>
3. Welcome participation and new contributors.
<br>
- We look for a clear contribution policy
<br>
- We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps
with a history
<br>
of bug report or pull requests
<br>
- Projects are required to have a code of conduct
<br>
<br>
Contribution policy (
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md</a>),
<br>
collaboration
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/opengisch/QField/pulls?q=is%3Apr">https://github.com/opengisch/QField/pulls?q=is%3Apr</a>), and
<br>
code of conduct (
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md">https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md</a>) all
<br>
seem in order.
<br>
<br>
--
<br>
Jody Garnett
<br>
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