[Qgis-developer] QGIS License (was Qt 4.X)

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

This is just my guess (since I wasnt there at the beginning) but....
QGIS has morphed a lot since the beginning. The first version was a
simple postgis browser with no plugins, no ideas to sepate into
libraries that could be used to build other apps etc. In the scenario
where your application is self contained the GPL probably makes more
sense. When plugins and library reuse starts to come into play LGPL
probably makes more sense.

One thing I dont understand though: Isnt the Linux kernel releases
under GPL? If so how do NVidia etc get away with making proprietry
kernel modules?

Regards

Tim

On 9/6/06, strk <strk at keybit.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:12:38AM -0800, Gary Sherman wrote:
>
> > Well said. I think your theory has merit. I for one would like to see
> > QGIS licensed such that proprietary extensions could be developed. My
>
> Just a question,
> why did you choose GPL when you started the project, then ?
>
> --strk;
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