I already tried the LGPL thing a while back [0] :) [0] http://www.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2011-November/016741.html
- Nathan On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Vincent Picavet <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Giovanni, > > Le lundi 26 mars 2012 12:45:39, G. Allegri a écrit : > > I had to create a python plugin to obatin some interactions with the ESRI > > ArcGIS Geoprocessing python framework. To do that, I need to import > ESRI's > > libraries in my plugin, which are clearly not GLP'd :) > > Following a previous thread on this topic, I wonder if it's legal from > the > > side of QGis (obviously it is ok from the ArcGIS's side having a licence > > for it). > > From my point of view, after researches about this specific issue, you > can't > legally : > > http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/19646/issues-with-osgeo-qgis-core-and- > arcpy-modules/19661#19661 > > GPL is a copyleft licence, therefore «contamining» other libraries. All > software piece which is linked to a GPL library must have a licence > compatible > with GPL. > An python «import» is considered as a link. > > I would advise you to change your software to adopt a loose coupling > strategy > between the qgis part and the esri part, either through web services, data > exchange over a file or a database or something else not considered as a > link > in the GPL sense. > > I personnaly consider that libraries should not be under a GPL licence but > a > LGPL one, which keeps the opensource aspect while facilitating mixing with > other softwares. GPL is fine with end user software built on top of LGPL > libs. > That said, it would require to relicence all qgis source code as LGPL with > all > contributors agreeing to the change. > And this is only my personal view, I do not want to start a licence troll > thread. > > Vincent > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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