[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #3432: License conflict with GPLv3+ libs

[Quantum GIS]

#3432: License conflict with GPLv3+ libs
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   Reporter:  volter                            |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 1.7.0
  Component:  Build/Install                     |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:                                    |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All                               |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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Comment(by mhugent):

 I still think it is no problem, because the QGIS code is under GPL2+. The
 important thing is the distribution of the program. It says in the header
 files:
 "you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
 General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version".
 So if you are building packages (e.g. for Fedora), you redistribute them
 under GPL3 (any later version) and it should be ok.

 Regards,
 Marco

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3432#comment:8>
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