Hi Nathan, I always thought that they are GPL even when you don't share them. The important clauses just don't trigger.
Matthias On 06/15/2016 11:54 PM, Nathan Woodrow 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 > <mailto: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 <mailto:Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
