[Qgis-developer] Possible plugin licensing problems

[Nathan Woodrow]

Yes the way I read it was that it was a key to unlock the data which is
fine.

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:

> 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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