QGIS, with citation, can be used for research. Can QGIS plugins (installable from the plugin list within QGIS Desktop), with citation, also be used for research? In other words, if someone creates a plugin that's added to the repository, does the plugin then fall under all the same usage and copyright rules that QGIS does?
I realise it's splitting hairs and I'm sure it's alright to use the plugin in research (citing both QGIS and the plugin creator separately), but I was asked to look into plugin use for copyright reasons before creating more figures and submitting a paper. I emailed the plugin developer to ask permission to use the plugin for research purposes. Since I haven't heard back, I thought I'd ask QGIS developers about usage of plugins found in the repository. This page referred me to the QGIS developer mailing list: http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/QGIS_Citation_Repository Clarification would be much appreciated. I'm quite happy to be using QGIS for research now! Fox
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