[Qgis-developer] License

[strk]

On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 08:06:26PM +0100, Marco Hugentobler wrote:
> Hi Sven
> 
> The qgis libraries (libqgis_core, libqgis_gui, libqgis_analysis) are GPL ( not 
> LGPL! )
> 
> > As i consider to integrate the Libraries in our product, i wonder if I then
> > have to give away the source code with it.
> 
> You are not obliged to publish it (e.g. using it internally inside a company 
> is not considered as publishing). In that case you don't have to give away the 
> source (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-
> faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic)
> 
> But if you publish it (e.g. give it to another company, sell binaries, etc.), 
> you need to provide the source.

May I add: "... to the same recipients you deliver the binary".

You basically need to give your _customer_ a better service:
access to the sources and the license to modify it and redistribute it.

--strk; 

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