[Qgis-developer] Plugin licence

[Saber Razmjooei]

Hi,
Can we have a page on the website explaining the licensing of plugins and the reasons behind it?

We have come across a couple of plugins all with pyc and no code provided to the end users. 

I understand at the beginning the GPL licensing of the plugins was not enforced as it potentially discourages the uptake of QGIS amongst uniformed users/organisations. But I think it is the right time to have a clear guideline on that before things get out of hand.

Cheers,
Saber



-----Original Message-----
From: Qgis-developer [mailto:qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Paolo Cavallini
Sent: 25 May 2016 11:01
To: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Plugin licence

Il 25/05/2016 11:42, Tom Chadwin ha scritto:

> I guess I am just sceptical that GPL's requirement for GPL licensing 
> of a product, purely by virtue of importing the first product as a 
> library, is likely to hold much legal weight.

We asked for legal advice, and that was the official response.
All the best.

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