[OSGeo-Discuss] Licensing

[Kumaran Narayanaswamy]

The following FAQ present in GNU/GPL page will clarify the doubts surrounding this discussion. 

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html#UnreleasedMods

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html#DevelopChangesUnderNDA


Regards
Kumaran


--- On Sat, 7/11/09, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:

> From: Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Licensing
> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Date: Saturday, 7 November, 2009, 6:12 PM
> Ravi wrote:
> > Wish to know does this violate licensing. Qgis is just
> as an example,
> > it can be Grass or Ossim or any other Open GIS as
> well
> > 
> > Example: I love Qgis and I have added some code to
> Qgis as a C++
> > programmer, thus giving the necessary customization
> for my specific
> > client. I compile it and distribute the Executable, as
> part of my
> > package deal. Does this violate any license of Qgis.
> 
> Yes, it does.
> 
> I recommend to read this:
> 
> http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/public-license-explained
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
> Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org
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