[Qgis-psc] QGIS Exportability

[Andreas Neumann]

Dear Elias,

Thank you for your inquiry and letting us know that QGIS fulfills your
requirements.

QGIS is released under the terms of the GNU GPL license version 2 (or
later): https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html - You can
certainly use QGIS without restrictions in any setup (government,
commercial, private, NGO, military, etc.). There are certain restrictions
when it comes to integrating QGIS as a software or library into other
proprietary software that does not comply with the GPL v2 or higher license.

There are no intentions to change the license. It would be a very difficult
task, as we would need approval from every single contributor towards the
QGIS source code (and there are many).

Please let us know if you have additional specific questions around license
and usage.

Greetings,
Andreas Neumann
QGIS PSC and board member, treasurer

On Thu, 11 May 2023 at 01:42, elias via QGIS-PSC <qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> I am part of a proposal organization working on a variety of large,
> complex, multi-user (100+) shared service imagery and mapping efforts. One
> proposal currently being worked, has a large GIS component with numerous
> requirements. I have conducted my research and evaluation of said
> requirements against QGIS, ArcGIS, and ERDAS Apollo for compliance. Suffice
> it to say, QGIS complies with them all. Furthermore, I was very impressed
> and pleased with QGIS capabilities and OGC WFS/WCS/WMS compatibility (which
> are a large part of the requirements). I am looking at recommending usage
> of QGIS as the GIS application within the larger network architecture
> infrastructure/system and overall proposal.
>
>
>
> From what I have read and researched, QGIS is very well supported and
> maintained. However, I could not find information on the QGIS website
> regarding exportability. Not exportability as it relates to maps or data or
> graphics formats, but more related to if there are any export restrictions
> in place to other countries for usage.
>
>
>
> If we are awarded the effort, are there any restrictions on our usage of
> QGIS as we implement and integrate it into the larger system that will be
> outside of the US?
>
> While I understand QGIS to be open source, is there any plan to implement
> licensing for the future progression and versions of the product?
>
>
>
> Any information you can provide or resources you can direct me to is
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
>
> *Elias A. Elias*
>
> *Lead Systems Engineer/Proposal Management*
>
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