Hi,
mind, I'm not a lawyer, but the license seems pretty clear, if you modify
GeoServer own code, or add bits to GeoServer (your own custom plugins) that
are depending on GeoServer own code, the moment you *distribute* the
result, you have to also release the code of your changes and extra plugins.
However, if you do not redistribute the binary, then technically your code
is still GPL, but you don't have to give it to anyone.
So if you modify the hell out of GeoServer, install it on your servers, and
run a service out of it, there is no requirement to give
out the code (this is known as the ASP loophole if memory serves me right).
Same goes for anything that talks to GeoServer via its OGC or REST
services, there is no license transfer there either,
your code is not inheriting the GPL
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Andrea
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 6:13 PM, FunkMonkey33 <
aedwa...@ponderosa-advisors.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just noticed that GeoServer is licensed under the GNU Public License
> (GPL).
>
> I'm curious to hear from anyone who is developing or has developed a
> commercial product using GeoServer as a tile server. Did you have to
> release your source code for your finished product as part of the GPL
> compliance?
>
> I am thinking that they can't expect everyone who uses GeoServer to release
> their source code. Firstly, there are a lot of public GeoServers out
> there;
> I can't imagine that every project that is consuming data from a public
> GeoServer is releasing it's source.
>
> Also, I worked on a huge commercial mapping product a few years back that
> used GeoServer. I know for a fact that they had lawyers looking at every
> component we consumed, so I'm assuming they decided GeoServer was okay to
> use.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Aaron
>
>
>
>
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