[Qgis-psc] Notes about certification

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


> On 11 Sep 2018, at 14:28, Jürgen E. Fischer <jef at norbit.de> wrote:
>> 

8< ——— snip ————— 
> 
> We already giving those "leechers" a headstart by letting them use (all of)
> QGIS.
> 
> The concerns with source are probably quite similar - the difference is that we
> or all of the giants on whose shoulders we stand shared their work & knowledge
> already and no one can claim to own QGIS anymore.
> 
> But maybe earlier so what was given away didn't seem too big - and the possible
> gain be contribution looked more promising.
> 
> Otherwise still don't see a real difference.

I’m with Jürgen on this - I don’t see the difference between docs and source code. Another case in point is that we require plugins to be GPL which are often a big lot of work that people then go and copy / build on etc. Isn’t this the whole intent of the FOSS movement?

Regards

Tim

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> Jürgen
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Tim Sutton
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