[Qgis-user] How to publish QGIS map under the CC BY 4.0 license

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Solange,

I think there might be a misunderstanding.

QGIS is just a tool. QGIS is not the data owner. And certainly QGIS does 
not want to restrict what can be done with maps, graphics or products 
created with QGIS.

How does PlosOne come to the assumption that "maps produced using QGIS 
are copyrighted under the CC SA license, regardless of the data, 
basemap, or map tile sources."? - I don't think that this is a correct 
statement.

Andreas Neumann

QGIS.ORG board member


On 23.02.2018 16:19, Solange Rigaud wrote:
> Hello QGIS community
>
> I have submitted an article to the journal PlosOne that includes an 
> interpolation map of my data made with QGIS.
>
> Here is the message from the PlosOne staff
>
> Thank you for clarifying the sources of Figures. Unfortunately, maps 
> produced using QGIS are copyrighted under the CC SA license, 
> regardless of the data, basemap, or map tile sources. PLOS ONE cannot 
> publish CC SA licensed material as we utilize the less restrictive CC 
> BY 4.0 license. Under this license, all material is freely available 
> online, and any third party is permitted to access, download, copy, 
> distribute, and use these materials in any way, even commercially.
>
> At this time, kindly seek permission from QGIS to publish figure 
> Supplementary Figure A under the CC BY 4.0 license. We recommend that 
> you contact QGIS with the following text:
>
> “I request permission for the open-access journal PLOS ONE to publish 
> XXX under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL) CC BY 4.0 
> (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 
> <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>). Please be aware that 
> this license allows unrestricted use and distribution, even 
> commercially, by third parties. Please reply and provide explicit 
> written permission to publish XXX under a CC BY license.”
>
> Please upload the granted permission to the manuscript as a supporting 
> information file. In the figure caption of the copyrighted figure, 
> please include the following text: “Reprinted from [ref] under a CC BY 
> license, with permission from [name of publisher], original copyright 
> [original copyright year].”
>
> Who can help me to get the permission?
>
> Thank you for your help
> Solange
>
>
> -- 
> Solange Rigaud, PhD
> CNRS Researcher
>
> UMR 5199 PACEA
> Université de Bordeaux
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>
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>
>
>
>
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