[Qgis-user] [Qgis-developer] Synergy of QGIS Enterprise and QGIS 2.0/Master branch

[Noli Sicad]

I don't know how QGIS people interpret GPL based on this wikipedia definition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License

Noli

On 7/1/13, Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml at sourcepole.com> wrote:
> Am Montag, 1. Juli 2013, 21.34:08 schrieb Noli Sicad:
>> Please clarify "all customers"?
>
> A customer is an organisation/person with a Basic, Corporate, Premium or
> Strategic QGIS Enterprise contract.
> See http://qgisenterprise.com/unser-angebot/pricing/
>
> Pirmin
>
>>
>> On 7/1/13, Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml at sourcepole.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Noli,
>> >
>> > Am Montag, 1. Juli 2013, 21.16:36 schrieb Noli Sicad:
>> >> What is the license of QGIS Enterprise?
>> >
>> > QGIS Enterprise is GPL licensed and the source code is available for
>> > all
>> > customers.
>> >
>> > Pirmin
>> >
>> >> On 7/1/13, Ziegler Stefan <Stefan.Ziegler at bd.so.ch> wrote:
>> >> > Hi
>> >> >
>> >> > I really like the idea of a LTS version of QGIS. Is there any chance
>> >> > to
>> >> > see
>> >> > a "community edition" (free) of QGIS Enterprise?
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards
>> >> > Stefan
>> >> >
>> >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> >> >> Von: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> >> >> [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Im
>> >> >> Auftrag von Pirmin Kalberer
>> >> >> Gesendet: Montag, 1. Juli 2013 12:20
>> >> >> An: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org; qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> >> >> Betreff: [Qgis-user] Synergy of QGIS Enterprise and QGIS 2.0/Master
>> >> >> branch
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi all,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> There were some discussions about the relation of the recently
>> >> >> announced
>> >> >> QGIS
>> >> >> Enterprise [1] and the upcoming QGIS 2.0 release.
>> >> >> QGIS Enterprise was born out of the needs of our customers for a
>> >> >> stable
>> >> >> QGIS branch
>> >> >> with frequent bug fix releases similar to the Ubuntu LTS model.
>> >> >> Almost
>> >> >> all
>> >> >> of the
>> >> >> professional QGIS users we know, have many custom plugins in use.
>> >> >> Some of these plugins are applications with 10'000's lines of code!
>> >> >> So
>> >> >> API
>> >> >> compatibility
>> >> >> has absolutly hightest priority for them.
>> >> >> That's the reason we branched 1.9 before the API break to give our
>> >> >> customers most
>> >> >> of the features of 2.0 but let them more time to migrate their
>> >> >> plugins
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> the new API.
>> >> >> We fixed many major bugs reported by our customers and applied them
>> >> >> also
>> >> >> to QGIS
>> >> >> master [3]. The QGIS projects benefits from this model directly,
>> >> >> since
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> finances at
>> >> >> least Marco working 100% on QGIS core development. And there are
>> >> >> not
>> >> >> only
>> >> >> bug
>> >> >> fixes flowing back into QGIS master, but also major performance
>> >> >> improvements
>> >> >> [2],[4].
>> >> >> We hope very much that we can carry on this synergy for the coming
>> >> >> years
>> >> >> and look
>> >> >> forward to see you in Maptember to work together on QGIS 2.1!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Regards
>> >> >> Pirmin
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [1] http://qgisenterprise.com/
>> >> >> [2]
>> >> >> http://sourcepole.ch/2013/6/17/fossgis-2013-performance-optimised-wms-
>> >> >> services-with-qgis-server
>> >> >> [3] QGIS Enterprise bugfixes ported to 2.0
>> >> >> - Fix ticket #5584 (crash saving empty geometry) 96a8bd64
>> >> >> - Always use topological editing if using avoid intersection (where
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   possible also to background layers) dc074b39
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - Better approach to split lines. Fixes bug #4618 c90870d0
>> >> >> - Clear rubberband if map tool is deactivated b5a5264c
>> >> >> - Fix double redraw after applying vector properties 89bdb10e
>> >> >> - Fix check state for legend groups restored from project file
>> >> >> 31d7f651
>> >> >> - Format number strings with field precision for display
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   in attribute table, attribute dialog and editor 6361d19f
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - Fix activation of paste action after cut/copy e2c80d35
>> >> >> - Keep zoom level constant if zooming to one selected point
>> >> >> 15e3fc35
>> >> >> - Fix WFS layer items in browser 5d7ac888
>> >> >> - Protect point and line pattern symbol layer from eating too much
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   memory b54c75ce
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - Keep selection if exchanging ids for added features, safety check
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> 0
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   geometry in splitFeatures method 4c02d7ff
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - Prevent overshoots with line offsets fac2bd78
>> >> >> - Handle plain/regexp mode for delimited text provider same as for
>> >> >> preview
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   a4d83139
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - Filter string in qgis server: Allow strings and attribute names
>> >> >> with
>> >> >> bfde7c83
>> >> >> - Radio button groups in composer label widget, consider label
>> >> >> alignment
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   in adjustSizeToText 12f09471
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - Mark project dirty in case of composer changes da0e4f34
>> >> >> - Clear cached geometries after commit / rollback 6bbc149d
>> >> >> - Fix placement of simple markers in cached images 7e793025
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [4] WMS server performance:
>> >> >> - Improve performance for coordinate reprojection 863da7d0
>> >> >> - Loop optimisation GDAL provider f424e2aa
>> >> >> - Improve png8 conversion and a18ae684
>> >> >> - Implement readBlock in gdal provider for performance reason
>> >> >> 750579215
>> >> >> - Performance optimisation in raster provider daa02e3e
>> >> >> - Use 'fast clip' line clipping algorithm for long lines. Huge
>> >> >> improvement
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   for wms benchmark performance (long contour lines) d4f69b37
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - Use coordinate transform cache in maprenderer e0d9796f
>> >> >> - Create pallabeling only once, take crs from cache ea4e77af
>> >> >> - Use CRS cache and avoid sqlite lookup for each request 8dc0135b
>> >> >> - Use CRS cache for faster lookup of crs by authid 15b4843c
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Pirmin Kalberer
>> >> >> Sourcepole  -  Linux & Open Source Solutions
>> >> >> http://www.sourcepole.com
>> >> >>
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>> > Pirmin Kalberer
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> Pirmin Kalberer
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> http://www.sourcepole.com
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