[Qgis-developer] Do QGIS and QGIS plugins fall under the same usage rights for scientific publication?

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi Nathan,

I always thought that they are GPL even when you don't share them. The
important clauses just don't trigger.

Matthias

On 06/15/2016 11:54 PM, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> Hey Fox,
> 
> QGIS plugins are always GPL no matter what (unless you don't share
> them).  So yes QGIS and QGIS plugins both have the same copyright (well
> copyleft really) licence.
> 
> You are free to use a plugin for what ever purpose you see fit.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:08 AM, Fox Underwood <foxunderwood at gmail.com
> <mailto:foxunderwood at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     QGIS, with citation, can be used for research. Can QGIS plugins
>     (installable from the plugin list within QGIS Desktop), with
>     citation, also be used for research? In other words, if someone
>     creates a plugin that's added to the repository, does the plugin
>     then fall under all the same usage and copyright rules that QGIS does?
> 
>     I realise it's splitting hairs and I'm sure it's alright to use the
>     plugin in research (citing both QGIS and the plugin creator
>     separately), but I was asked to look into plugin use for copyright
>     reasons before creating more figures and submitting a paper. I
>     emailed the plugin developer to ask permission to use the plugin for
>     research purposes. Since I haven't heard back, I thought I'd ask
>     QGIS developers about usage of plugins found in the repository.
> 
>     This page referred me to the QGIS developer mailing list:
>     http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/QGIS_Citation_Repository
> 
>     Clarification would be much appreciated. I'm quite happy to be using
>     QGIS for research now!
> 
>     Fox
> 
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