Hi Dr. Holder, Thank you for your detailed explanation. Your answer is very helpful.
Best, William Thomas Holder <thomas.hol...@schrodinger.com> 于2019年3月6日周三 上午4:04写道： > Hi William, > > You can use any version of PyMOL, the plugin API is the same in all of > them (Open-Source, Incentive with edu/academic/commercial license). > > Your own code, if open-sourced, needs a GPL-compatible license. You're in > the same situation as the person asking "can I release my SW under the MIT > license in situation 3?" (answer: Yes) here: > https://riverbankcomputing.com/pipermail/pyqt/2016-September/038129.html > > Only if you are going to sell your plugin, you need to purchase a > commercial PyQt license. See > https://riverbankcomputing.com/commercial/license-faq > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > Thomas > > > On Mar 4, 2019, at 7:03 PM, William Tao <ywtao....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi PyMOL community, > > > > I am planning to develop a PyMOL plugin based on PyMOL 2.x versions with > PyQt. > > > > However, I am not quite clear about the legal implications and copyright > issues if I would like to make my plugin open-source in future. > > > > First, PyMOL has incentive version and open-source version. I have an > educational license for incentive version and open-source version. If I am > going to describe my plugin in a scientific article or website, which > version of PyMOL version am I allowed to use? > > > > Second, the PyQt requires the code based on it must also be open-source > according to GPL. > > > > These two factors make me confused about the possibility of publishing a > plugin for PyMOL in future. > > > > If anybody has experience in this aspect, please feel free to advise. > > > > Many thanks. > > > > William > > -- > Thomas Holder > PyMOL Principal Developer > Schrödinger, Inc. > >
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