I premit that I've already chosen a solution to bypass these issues: one, common library and two plugins, one for qgis and one for arcpy. The plugins will interact through pickling, sharing a common data structure from the common library. This is the easiest solution for me to deploy (no servers as with iPython or RabbitMQ).<div>
<br></div><div>So, at the end, QGis + GPL + proprietary = illegal.</div><div><br></div><div>But what about QGis + GPL + LGPL + proprietary?</div><div><br></div><div>It's not a perversion, it's something that we already have:</div>
<div><br></div><div>fTool + GDAL python bindings + ECW</div><div><br></div><div>giovanni</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/3/27 Alister Hood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Alister.Hood@synergine.com">Alister.Hood@synergine.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> Message: 4<br>
> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:33:54 +0200<br>
> From: Tim Sutton <<a href="mailto:lists@linfiniti.com">lists@linfiniti.com</a>><br>
><br>
> > I personnaly consider that libraries should not be under a GPL licence<br>
> but a<br>
> > LGPL one, which keeps the opensource aspect while facilitating mixing<br>
> with<br>
> > other softwares. GPL is fine with end user software built on top of LGPL<br>
> libs.<br>
> > That said, it would require to relicence all qgis source code as LGPL<br>
> with all<br>
> > contributors agreeing to the change.<br>
><br>
> I don't think this will happen soon both for logistical reasons and<br>
> philosophical - many of us who have contributed code to the project<br>
> would object to the license switch.<br>
<br>
Since QGIS includes a server application now, perhaps you should consider relicensing under the *more* restrictive AGPL ;)<br>
<br>
Does anyone know about distributing *only source code* as *public domain* for a plugin which links with proprietary software?<br>
I think it would not be allowed, but I'm not sure.<br>
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