More specifically here's the compatibility list: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
"MIT" -Expat or X11, most BSD, Apache 2, LGPL are all on the ok list. ^^^ This does not apply to plugins of QGIS which as a technical necessity must import QGIS. It does apply to libraries that QGIS wishes to include and import into QGIS. Enjoy, Alex On 03/26/2012 12:40 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: > SEXTANTE just needs to be a GPL compatible license, it does not need to > be GPL itself, though the copy distributed with QGIS will be treated as > GPL. (In effect it ends up being like a dual license). > > See the diagram on http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html > > I would recommend LGPL otherwise people writing the SEXTANTE plugin for > Arc might run into trouble. This would provide flexibility in what > applications can use the library (much the way gdal/ogr shows up > everywhere). > > This is quite different than the other issue being discussed which is > the import of Arc into a QGIS plugin. To be clear yes people can do such > things, and could import proprietary applications into their plugins, > they just can't legally distribute it outside their company. > > Thanks, > Alex > > On 03/26/2012 05:26 AM, G. Allegri wrote: >> I would keep it LGPL. I'm not interested in wrapping it in proprietary >> code, but to use proprietary code through SEXTANTE... >> >> giovanni >> >> 2012/3/26 Peter Borissow <[email protected]> >> >>> Do you need to GPL all of SETANTE or just the glueware (e.g. QGIS plugin)? >>> In otherwords, is there a way to keep the SEXTANTE core MIT or LGPL? >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Victor Olaya <[email protected]> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Cc:* [email protected] >>> *Sent:* Monday, March 26, 2012 6:10 AM >>> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-developer] Directions needed for GSOC Proposal >>> >>> Then, I guess there is no discussion. As I said, in this case there is >>> no difference from my point of view, so GPL is a good option for >>> SEXTANTE >>> >>> Regards >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
