[Qgis-developer] Plugin licence

[Vincent Picavet (ml)]

Hi Tom,

QGIS is GPLv2+
A a Python import is considered being equivalent to a dynamic link, it
triggers the "share-alike" clause of the GPL.
Therefore all QGIS plugins must be licenced as GPLv2+ if they are
distributed.

Vincent

On 23/05/2016 17:12, Tom Chadwin wrote:
> I know that a QGIS plugin has to be open-source for the plugin to be included
> in the QGIS plugins repo. However, are there any further
> requirements/limitations on which open-source licence to choose for plugins?
> I was leaning towards MIT, but Riccardo (author of qgis2leaf) rightly
> suggested that I clarify if there is any position from QGIS on this?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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