[Qgis-developer] Possible plugin licensing problems

[Anita Graser]

Reading the description on their github page, I think the "private use"
clause refers to the poi data that the plugin downloads. In that sense,
it's not much different from plugins that fetch tiles with different
licenses

Best wishes
Anita
On May 26, 2016 8:58 AM, "Bernhard Ströbl" <bernhard.stroebl at jena.de> wrote:

> As far as I understood the recent plugin licensing discussion on this list
> a plugin importing qgis.core or qgis.gui (or OS-pyQt) needs to be licenced
> compatible to GPL2, so even in a private repository a plugin author cannot
> claim a plugin to be for private use only(?). One could of course publish a
> limited-use plugin under GPL and sell the full blown plugin, but as it has
> to be GPL, too, after some sales it might be available for download
> somewhere.
> Please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Bernhard
>
> Am 26.05.2016 um 08:41 schrieb Paolo Cavallini:
>
>> It has been submitted, not approved pending our decision.
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Il 26 maggio 2016 08:37:20 CEST, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>
>> ha scritto:
>>
>>> Hi Paolo,
>>>
>>> Is this in our main public plugin repository?
>>>
>>> I think we shouldn't have such plugins in our main repository. If it is
>>>
>>> in a private repository, there is not much we can do, probably.
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>>
>>> On 26.05.2016 08:07, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I'm unsure this is acceptable for us:
>>>> ===
>>>> Please know that this Plugin is for own use purpose/evaluation but
>>>>
>>> not
>>>
>>>> for commercial. If you need it for commercial purpose please contact
>>>> ***, and I will refer you to our marketing team to buy the commercial
>>>> *** key. At the same time, the non-commercial also has limitation on
>>>> number of calls and points.
>>>> ===
>>>> Opinions?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>
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