AFAIK MIT (expat license) is compatibile with GPL (any version) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
regards Luigi Pirelli ************************************************************************************************** * Boundless QGIS Support/Development: lpirelli AT boundlessgeo DOT com * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli * Stackexchange: http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19667/luigi-pirelli * GitHub: https://github.com/luipir * Mastering QGIS 2nd Edition: * https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/mastering-qgis-second-edition ************************************************************************************************** On 21 April 2017 at 14:49, C Hamilton <adenacult...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your input. I will do some research on the GNU vs MIT license as > well as prepare a QGIS development environment and then see where I can go > from there. > > All the best!!! > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Martin Dobias <wonder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:56 PM, C Hamilton <adenacult...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Here are my questions. >> > >> > 1. Sorry for my lack of knowledge here. I have gotten into the plugin >> > development and I have been thinking that I could possibly contribute to >> > the >> > actual QGIS code, but I am not sure what you want done when you say to >> > do a >> > "pull request on the topic". >> >> I meant to basically: >> 1. clone the QGIS source code repository from https://github.com/qgis/QGIS >> 2. build QGIS yourself - see >> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/INSTALL >> 3. create a branch and implement your changes in the branch >> 4. create a pull request in QGIS repository on GitHub >> >> >> > 2. geographiclib already has done the work for the more accurate >> > geodesic >> > algorithms. They use the MIT/X11 license. Is that compatible with the >> > QGIS >> > GNU2 license? It would certainly be easiest to use that code rather than >> > trying to reinvent it. >> >> It is possible that they are compatible, but I don't know - better to >> research that first... >> >> >> > 3. What is the best way to learn the steps necessary to contribute to >> > the >> > core QGIS project? >> >> I think my reply above partially answers this question. Have a look also >> here: >> >> https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/qgisdevelopersguide/index.html >> >> If you have further questions on how to get started, feel free to ask >> here on qgis-dev list. >> >> Regards >> Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer