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

[Nathan Woodrow]

That's true just didn't want to over complicate it, but yes it's always GPL

On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 4:36 pm Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch> wrote:

> 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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