[Qgis-psc] QGIS License

[Werner Macho]

Hi!

But people will never know that it is possible to do this unless they
find it somewhere - and at the HF recently we found out that some
people can not sponsor without "buying" something. So it might be that
we already lost some possible sponsors to that by not giving them a
chance to find out that it IS possible. (Though I don't know how for
the idea of licenses has grown yet)

regards
Werner

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Werner,
>
> I know the intent is good but I really have never liked the idea. I think it
> confuses people who are looking to use qgis.
>
> People should just contact us directly if they have theses issues and we can
> help each person in that case.
>
> Nathan
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014, 7:29 PM Werner Macho <werner.macho at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Just stumbled across a part on SQLites Webpage which might be useful
>> for QGIS as well (For selling "Licenses" for e.g. Universities that
>> need "something").
>>
>> "Obtaining An Explicit License To Use SQLite
>>
>> Even though SQLite is in the public domain and does not require a
>> license, some users want to obtain a license anyway. Some reasons for
>> obtaining a license include:
>>
>> * You are using SQLite in a jurisdiction that does not recognize the
>> public domain.
>> * You are using SQLite in a jurisdiction that does not recognize the
>> right of an author to dedicate their work to the public domain.
>> * You want to hold a tangible legal document as evidence that you have
>> the legal right to use and distribute SQLite.
>> * Your legal department tells you that you have to purchase a license.
>>
>> If you feel like you really have to purchase a license for SQLite,
>> Hwaci, the company that employs the architect and principal developers
>> of SQLite, will sell you one."
>>
>> https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html
>>
>> Maybe we should integrate something like that into our Homepage too?
>>
>> kind regards
>> Werner
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