[Qgis-developer] QIGS GPL -> LGPL - Tigers, Lions and Bears Oh My!

[Charlie Sharpsteen]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
> The question you raise has been raised before and we have always said
> no. The reason for this is that we want to ensure that the commitment
> we have made to provide a Free and open source GIS available to
> everyone does not get diluted by people further down the line who want
> to essentially leverage our work without contributing anything back.

It seems like many developers were in favor of at least allowing for
proprietary plugins back in 2006:

  http://www.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2006-September/000708.html

Perhaps licensing the API under LGPL would be feasible?

-Charlie