[Qgis-developer] [Qgis-user] Synergy of QGIS Enterprise and

[Noli Sicad]

I rather see this "QGIS Enterprise" license under LGPL than GPL.

Noli

On 7/1/13, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, Stefan is asking for a community driven based one.  One that comes
> from qgis.org rather then another company.  Not that there is anything
> wrong with what sourepole are doing, it's a great idea to support customers
> and being under GPL gives anyone the ability to do that.
>
> We have talked about a "stable" branch for 2.0.  It might happen, might
> not.  I'm hoping that I might be able to spend some time on it but help is
> always welcome.
>
> - Nathan
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Pirmin Kalberer
> <pi_ml at sourcepole.com>wrote:
>
>> Am Montag, 1. Juli 2013, 21.31:00 schrieb Noli Sicad:
>> > So, if It (QGIS Enterprise) is GPL, why Stefan is asking for
>> > "community edition" (free) of QGIS Enterprise?
>>
>> I guess Stefan would like to see a community maintained stable branch of
>> QGIS.
>> This was discussed a few times on this list and was actually done for
>> older
>> QGIS versions, but there were not enough resources for maintaining stable
>> branches anymore.
>>
>> Pirmin
>>
>> >
>> > On 7/1/13, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >  QGIS 2.0/Master branch
>> > >
>> > > MIME-Version: 1.0
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>> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>> > >
>> > > It is GPL
>> > >
>> > > Sent from some fancy phone looking thingo
>> > > From: Noli Sicad
>> > > Sent: 1/07/2013 9:16 PM
>> > > To: Ziegler Stefan
>> > > Cc: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org; qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
>> > > Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] [Qgis-user] Synergy of QGIS Enterprise
>> > > and QGIS 2.0/Master branch
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > What is the license of QGIS Enterprise?
>> > >
>> > > Noli
>> > >
>> > > On 7/1/13, Ziegler Stefan <Stefan.Ziegler at bd.so.ch> wrote:
>> > >> Hi
>> > >>
>> > >> I really like the idea of a LTS version of QGIS. Is there any chance
>> to
>> > >> s=
>> > >
>> > > ee
>> > >
>> > >> a "community edition" (free) of QGIS Enterprise?
>> > >>
>> > >> Regards
>> > >> Stefan
>> > >>
>> > >>> -----Urspr=C3=BCngliche Nachricht-----
>> > >>> Von: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> > >>> [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Im
>> > >>> Auftrag von Pirmin Kalberer
>> > >>> Gesendet: Montag, 1. Juli 2013 12:20
>> > >>> An: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org; qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> > >>> Betreff: [Qgis-user] Synergy of QGIS Enterprise and QGIS 2.0/Master
>> > >>> branch
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Hi all,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> There were some discussions about the relation of the recently
>> announced
>> > >>> QGIS
>> > >>> Enterprise [1] and the upcoming QGIS 2.0 release.
>> > >>> QGIS Enterprise was born out of the needs of our customers for a
>> stable
>> > >>> QGIS branch
>> > >>> with frequent bug fix releases similar to the Ubuntu LTS model.
>> Almost
>> > >>> a=
>> > >
>> > > ll
>> > >
>> > >>> of the
>> > >>> professional QGIS users we know, have many custom plugins in use.
>> > >>> Some of these plugins are applications with 10'000's lines of code!
>> So
>> > >>> A=
>> > >
>> > > PI
>> > >
>> > >>> compatibility
>> > >>> has absolutly hightest priority for them.
>> > >>> That's the reason we branched 1.9 before the API break to give our
>> > >>> customers most
>> > >>> of the features of 2.0 but let them more time to migrate their
>> plugins
>> > >>> t=
>> > >
>> > > o
>> > >
>> > >>> the new API.
>> > >>> We fixed many major bugs reported by our customers and applied them
>> also
>> > >>> to QGIS
>> > >>> master [3]. The QGIS projects benefits from this model directly,
>> since
>> > >>> i=
>> > >
>> > > t
>> > >
>> > >>> finances at
>> > >>> least Marco working 100% on QGIS core development. And there are
>> > >>> not
>> > >>> onl=
>> > >
>> > > y
>> > >
>> > >>> bug
>> > >>> fixes flowing back into QGIS master, but also major performance
>> > >>> improvements
>> > >>> [2],[4].
>> > >>> We hope very much that we can carry on this synergy for the coming
>> years
>> > >>> and look
>> > >>> forward to see you in Maptember to work together on QGIS 2.1!
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Regards
>> > >>> Pirmin
>> > >>>
>> > >>> [1] http://qgisenterprise.com/
>> > >>> [2]
>> > >>>
>> http://sourcepole.ch/2013/6/17/fossgis-2013-performance-optimised-wms-
>> > >>> services-with-qgis-server
>> > >>> [3] QGIS Enterprise bugfixes ported to 2.0
>> > >>> - Fix ticket #5584 (crash saving empty geometry) 96a8bd64
>> > >>> - Always use topological editing if using avoid intersection (where
>> > >>>
>> > >>>   possible also to background layers) dc074b39
>> > >>>
>> > >>> - Better approach to split lines. Fixes bug #4618 c90870d0
>> > >>> - Clear rubberband if map tool is deactivated b5a5264c
>> > >>> - Fix double redraw after applying vector properties 89bdb10e
>> > >>> - Fix check state for legend groups restored from project file
>> 31d7f651
>> > >>> - Format number strings with field precision for display
>> > >>>
>> > >>>   in attribute table, attribute dialog and editor 6361d19f
>> > >>>
>> > >>> - Fix activation of paste action after cut/copy e2c80d35
>> > >>> - Keep zoom level constant if zooming to one selected point
>> > >>> 15e3fc35
>> > >>> - Fix WFS layer items in browser 5d7ac888
>> > >>> - Protect point and line pattern symbol layer from eating too much
>> > >>>
>> > >>>   memory b54c75ce
>> > >>>
>> > >>> - Keep selection if exchanging ids for added features, safety check
>> for
>> > >>> =
>> > >
>> > > 0
>> > >
>> > >>>   geometry in splitFeatures method 4c02d7ff
>> > >>>
>> > >>> - Prevent overshoots with line offsets fac2bd78
>> > >>> - Handle plain/regexp mode for delimited text provider same as for
>> > >>> preview
>> > >>>
>> > >>>   a4d83139
>> > >>>
>> > >>> - Filter string in qgis server: Allow strings and attribute names
>> with
>> > >>> bfde7c83
>> > >>> - Radio button groups in composer label widget, consider label
>> alignment
>> > >>>
>> > >>>   in adjustSizeToText 12f09471
>> > >>>
>> > >>> - Mark project dirty in case of composer changes da0e4f34
>> > >>> - Clear cached geometries after commit / rollback 6bbc149d
>> > >>> - Fix placement of simple markers in cached images 7e793025
>> > >>>
>> > >>> [4] WMS server performance:
>> > >>> - Improve performance for coordinate reprojection 863da7d0
>> > >>> - Loop optimisation GDAL provider f424e2aa
>> > >>> - Improve png8 conversion and a18ae684
>> > >>> - Implement readBlock in gdal provider for performance reason
>> 750579215
>> > >>> - Performance optimisation in raster provider daa02e3e
>> > >>> - Use 'fast clip' line clipping algorithm for long lines. Huge
>> > >>> improvement
>> > >>>
>> > >>>   for wms benchmark performance (long contour lines) d4f69b37
>> > >>>
>> > >>> - Use coordinate transform cache in maprenderer e0d9796f
>> > >>> - Create pallabeling only once, take crs from cache ea4e77af
>> > >>> - Use CRS cache and avoid sqlite lookup for each request 8dc0135b
>> > >>> - Use CRS cache for faster lookup of crs by authid 15b4843c
>> > >>>
>> > >>> --
>> > >>> Pirmin Kalberer
>> > >>> Sourcepole  -  Linux & Open Source Solutions
>> http://www.sourcepole.com
>> > >>>
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