Hi Nathan, Well, that's good news. Thank you for the answer! (And sorry for the bother!)
Cheers, On 15 June 2016 at 15:54, Nathan Woodrow <madman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Fox, > > QGIS plugins are always GPL no matter what (unless you don't share them). > So yes QGIS and QGIS plugins both have the same copyright (well copyleft > really) licence. > > You are free to use a plugin for what ever purpose you see fit. > > Regards, > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:08 AM, Fox Underwood <foxunderw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >> List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> > >
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