Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS for commercial usage
Did we add a ban on selling to the license? GPL normally just indicates that if you sell or distribute a variant you must include source code. But yes I agree, there are no restrictions on the usage of QGIS in any setting. Thanks, Alex On 02/05/2014 11:44 PM, G. Allegri wrote: Hi, of course you can. You cannot sell it or sell software tools derived from it (e.g. plugins or customizations), but you can defnitely use it to produce your services (e.g. analysis, cartography) or use it in your commercial workflows. giovanni 2014-02-06 Stipe Vrankovic svranko...@gmail.com: Hi, I'm working as land surveyor in geomatics company and I'm wondering is it possible to legally and free use QGIS for company commercial purposes? Thank you in advance! Best regards! Stipe ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS for commercial usage
A slight modification - QGIS is licensed under the GPL license. That means, that all derived works of QGIS has to have the same GPL license. This includes QGIS plugins made by yourself. There is nothing that stops you from developing _and_ selling a QGIS plugin as long you adhere to the GPL license. The GPL license essentially states, that if you deliver (sell or give away) som kind of GPL licensed software the source code _has to_ be included. And the recipient has the _right_ to modify the software , give or sell it to a third party without any kind of compensation to the original developer. But the derived piece of software has to retain the GPL license so the third party has the same rights as the second party (This sounds like a line from a Marx Brothers movie ;-) Regards Bo Victor Thomsen Aestas-GIS Denamrk Den 06-02-2014 08:44, G. Allegri skrev: Hi, of course you can. You cannot sell it or sell software tools derived from it (e.g. plugins or customizations), but you can defnitely use it to produce your services (e.g. analysis, cartography) or use it in your commercial workflows. giovanni 2014-02-06 Stipe Vrankovic svranko...@gmail.com mailto:svranko...@gmail.com: Hi, I'm working as land surveyor in geomatics company and I'm wondering is it possible to legally and free use QGIS for company commercial purposes? Thank you in advance! Best regards! Stipe ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Giovanni Allegri http://about.me/giovanniallegri Twitter: https://twitter.com/_giohappy_ blog: http://blog.spaziogis.it GEO+ geomatica in Italia http://bit.ly/GEOplus ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS for commercial usage
On 6 February 2014 08:44, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: e.g. plugins or customizations probably it's better explain that, usually you sell/hire your work on creating plugin or your work on customization. so as explained in this and other messages... you can use it in your commercial infrastructure... would be fine to finance development or bugfix or documentation if you have advantages using a free sw as qgis... it's good for your company and it's good for all (competitors too) regards, Luigi Pirelli ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS for commercial usage
And Giovanni is too polite to suggest that, if you find it useful for commercial work, a small donation to the QGIS project (http://www.qgis.org/en/site/about/sponsorship.html) to support its ongoing development would be much appreciated! G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com 02/06/14 9:46 AM Hi,of course you can. You cannot sell it or sell software tools derived from it (e.g. plugins or customizations), but you can defnitely use it to produce your services (e.g. analysis, cartography) or use it in your commercial workflows. giovanni 2014-02-06 Stipe Vrankovic svranko...@gmail.com: Hi, I'm working as land surveyor in geomatics company and I'm wondering is it possible to legally and free use QGIS for company commercial purposes? Thank you in advance! Best regards! Stipe ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Giovanni Allegri http://about.me/giovanniallegriTwitter: https://twitter.com/_giohappy_ blog: http://blog.spaziogis.it GEO+ geomatica in Italia http://bit.ly/GEOplus -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS for commercial usage
Hi, The QGIS licence (and the licences of other software it uses, such as GDAL, PROJ.4, QT, etc) fully enable commercial use of the software. You are free to sell the software, sell products you create with the software, or sell services you provide using the software. There are no restrictions on any such use. The main difference in an Open Source licence from more restrictive ones is that if you do sell (provide in any way) the software, you must provide access to the source code as well as the compiled application. You may be interested to know that ESRI has included the same GDAL libraries as QGIS in its commercial GIS products - no problems there. I'm responsible for a custom version of QGIS which is used by several consultants in the same way you propose. (http://www.niwa.co.nz/software/quantum-map) This version is developed by QGIS developers - and is one approach they generate income from their work on QGIS. Brent Wood From: Stipe Vrankovic svranko...@gmail.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 8:40 PM Subject: [Qgis-user] QGIS for commercial usage Hi, I'm working as land surveyor in geomatics company and I'm wondering is it possible to legally and free use QGIS for company commercial purposes? Thank you in advance! Best regards! Stipe ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] QGIS for commercial usage
Hi, I'm working as land surveyor in geomatics company and I'm wondering is it possible to legally and free use QGIS for company commercial purposes? Thank you in advance! Best regards! Stipe ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS for commercial usage
Hi, of course you can. You cannot sell it or sell software tools derived from it (e.g. plugins or customizations), but you can defnitely use it to produce your services (e.g. analysis, cartography) or use it in your commercial workflows. giovanni 2014-02-06 Stipe Vrankovic svranko...@gmail.com: Hi, I'm working as land surveyor in geomatics company and I'm wondering is it possible to legally and free use QGIS for company commercial purposes? Thank you in advance! Best regards! Stipe ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Giovanni Allegri http://about.me/giovanniallegri Twitter: https://twitter.com/_giohappy_ blog: http://blog.spaziogis.it GEO+ geomatica in Italia http://bit.ly/GEOplus ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
