[Qgis-developer] Directions needed for GSOC Proposal

[G. Allegri]

2012/3/26 Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>

> More specifically here's the compatibility list:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
>
> "MIT" -Expat or X11, most BSD, Apache 2, LGPL are all on the ok list.
>
> ^^^ This does not apply to plugins of QGIS which as a technical
> necessity must import QGIS. It does apply to libraries that QGIS wishes
> to include and import into QGIS.
>

Exactly, indeed my plugin will be GPL, and will be distributed as it is.
How could someone argue that it's illegal? I don't ditribute non-GPL code
with it...

giovanni


>
> Enjoy,
> Alex
>
> On 03/26/2012 12:40 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:
> > SEXTANTE just needs to be a GPL compatible license, it does not need to
> > be GPL itself, though the copy distributed with QGIS will be treated as
> > GPL. (In effect it ends up being like a dual license).
> >
> > See the diagram on http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html
> >
> > I would recommend LGPL otherwise people writing the SEXTANTE plugin for
> > Arc might run into trouble. This would provide flexibility in what
> > applications can use the library (much the way gdal/ogr shows up
> > everywhere).
> >
> > This is quite different than the other issue being discussed which is
> > the import of Arc into a QGIS plugin. To be clear yes people can do such
> > things, and could import proprietary applications into their plugins,
> > they just can't legally distribute it outside their company.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alex
> >
> > On 03/26/2012 05:26 AM, G. Allegri wrote:
> >> I would keep it LGPL. I'm not interested in wrapping it in proprietary
> >> code, but to use proprietary code through SEXTANTE...
> >>
> >> giovanni
> >>
> >> 2012/3/26 Peter Borissow <peter.borissow at yahoo.com>
> >>
> >>> Do you need to GPL all of SETANTE or just the glueware (e.g. QGIS
> plugin)?
> >>> In otherwords, is there a way to keep the SEXTANTE core MIT or LGPL?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   ------------------------------
> >>> *From:* Victor Olaya <volayaf at gmail.com>
> >>> *To:* cavallini at faunalia.it
> >>> *Cc:* qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> >>> *Sent:* Monday, March 26, 2012 6:10 AM
> >>> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-developer] Directions needed for GSOC Proposal
> >>>
> >>> Then, I guess there is no discussion. As I said, in this case there is
> >>> no difference from my point of view, so GPL is a good option for
> >>> SEXTANTE
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >
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