[Qgis-psc] Just Use Postgres book: permission to use screenshots of QGIS

[Andreas Neumann]

Dear Denis,

You are welcome to use QGIS screenshots in you PostgreSQL book. You don't
need to ask for permission.

One remark though: the authentication method that you proposed in
Screenshot Nr 1 (
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zwr3VgqeYtMfRkCmzhSA7SlbKFnscPj1/view ) is
not best practice. As this would store the credentials (username and plain
text password) in the QGIS project file (note the warning in the
screenshot). The recommended way is to create an entry in the
authentication manager and then use an existing authentication, where the
project file then stores the authentication id instead of the credentials.
See
https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/auth_system/auth_overview.html
- or you can tell your audience that they should use the "Convert to
configuration" button, which would create a new authentication
configuration entry.

We would really appreciate it if you could promote this PostgreSQL
connection method using an authentication configuration instead of using
username/password in plain text directly.

Best regards,
Andreas Neumann
QGIS treasurer and PSC member

On Wed, 17 Sept 2025 at 03:04, Denis Magda via QGIS-PSC <
qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hello Project Steering Committee,
>
> I am authoring the manuscript for the Just Use Postgres book
> <https://www.manning.com/books/just-use-postgres> to be published by
> Manning Publications and am seeking permission to include screenshots of
> QGIS in this work.
>
> In particular, Chapter 10 of the book is dedicated to the geospatial
> capabilities of Postgres, and I use QGIS to demonstrate how to load and
> visualize a geospatial dataset. There are 4 screenshots of QGIS that appear
> in the section, and I've uploaded them to the following Google Drive folder
> for your reference.
>
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bFz7QxKpu_2c_io54tPfZD7AfwnClhky?usp=share_link
>
> Could you please approve the usage of the screenshots in the book? Also,
> let me know if you require any specific wording or placement for the
> attribution or copyright acknowledgment.
>
> --
> Denis
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