Re: [Qgis-developer] Do QGIS and QGIS plugins fall under the same usage rights for scientific publication?

2016-06-16 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Matthias, On Thu, 16. Jun 2016 at 08:36:39 +0200, Matthias Kuhn wrote: > I always thought that they are GPL even when you don't share them. The > important clauses just don't trigger. You don't need a license to use stuff you did yourself. The license defines what others are allowed to do wit

Re: [Qgis-developer] Do QGIS and QGIS plugins fall under the same usage rights for scientific publication?

2016-06-15 Thread Nathan Woodrow
That's true just didn't want to over complicate it, but yes it's always GPL On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 4:36 pm Matthias Kuhn wrote: > 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, Na

Re: [Qgis-developer] Do QGIS and QGIS plugins fall under the same usage rights for scientific publication?

2016-06-15 Thread Matthias Kuhn
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

Re: [Qgis-developer] Do QGIS and QGIS plugins fall under the same usage rights for scientific publication?

2016-06-15 Thread Fox Underwood
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 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

Re: [Qgis-developer] Do QGIS and QGIS plugins fall under the same usage rights for scientific publication?

2016-06-15 Thread Nathan Woodrow
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 w

[Qgis-developer] Do QGIS and QGIS plugins fall under the same usage rights for scientific publication?

2016-06-15 Thread Fox Underwood
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 copyri