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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi qgis-developers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I produce my own network analysis software sDNA (<a href="http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/sdna">www.cardiff.ac.uk/sdna</a>). It currently runs as a plugin for ArcGIS or Autocad, from the command line, with a standalone GUI, or through a Python
API. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to create a QGIS plugin that allows people to use sDNA from inside QGIS. sDNA is free but not open source, still I believe this can be done within the terms of the GPL by running sDNA in a separate process with pipe or file
communication. That said, I’d like to know whether a plugin that loosely connects to proprietary software would be welcome in the first place.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What are your thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Crispin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">-- <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Crispin Cooper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">33 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel. +44 (0) 29 2087 6072 / ext. 76072<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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