[Qgis-user] The license agreement of QGIS

[Brent Wood]

The full licence is described here:
https://docs.qgis.org/3.22/en/docs/user_manual/appendices/GNU_GPL.html

Essentially it means you can install and use QGIS anywhere you want for whatever the cost of downloading it might be (usually free). You can be an individual, government agency, commercial business, etc., that doesn't matter.

Note that if you do change the source code to provide some functionality that you require, the licence requires you to make your enhancements available under the same licence.

Cheers,

Brent Wood

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Dear sir/madam,

I , on behalf of, Hong Kong Government, to ask some question about the license agreement for QGIS, our Division want to install the QGIS software for work purpose and I want to ask that need our division buys a license or it is free? thanks.

Best Regards,
Mr. Paco Lui
System Analyst1/TECH
Survey Division, Highways Department, Hong Kong Government
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