[Incubator] motion: qfield recommendation for osgeo community project initiative

[Jody Garnett]

My understanding is the project is working with QGIS.org on a statement
similar to other projects using the AppStore for distribution.

Jody

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 12:42 PM Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:

> Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I would like to make a second motion:
> >    Recommending QField for the osgeo community project program.
>
> Last time we discussed this, there were open questions about licensing,
> particularly GPL code from qgis going into the app store.  I have seen
> no answers to this question.  While I hope there is a good explanation,
> we haven't heard anything about why this is compliant.
>
> At
>
>   https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qfield-for-qgis/id1531726814
>
> it says
>
>   Copyright © 2022 OPENGIS.ch
>
> and does not attribute anyone else.  I don't see anything that says it
> is GPL.
>
> There is also
>
>   https://github.com/opengisch/QField/issues/122
>
>
> Until we have a solid answer that the community is comfortable with, and
> it's clearly documented on the app store pages and on the web, I don't
> see how osgeo can even begin to consider adopting QField as a community
> project.
>
> I'm not a voting member, but would obviously be -1 until this is
> resovled.  I urge everyone to vote -1 until the licensing situation is
> understood and widely agreed to be ok.
>
> >    - Angelos Tzotsos +1 (initial motion)
>
> Angelos: Could you explain why you are +1 despite the open licensing
> issue?
>
> Greg
>
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