On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 05:53, Summer Y <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I have used QGIS to create maps for a paper that I am going to submit to an > academic journal. However, the journal requires that all figures should be > under cc-by 4.0 license, while on the QGIS website, it is stated that "If not > stated otherwise, all content is licensed under Creative Commons > Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license (CC BY-SA)". Does that mean I cannot use > maps created by QGIS for this journal or any other open-source journal that > require the same license?
Just to clarify -- that notice is referring to content on the QGIS **WEBSITE**, not content in or created by QGIS itself. It's purely reflecting the license of the website. > Also, I know that every user has to look for copyright permission and how to > cite every base map respectively. I have used the ESRI satellite as the base > map but found this > http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=10df2279f9684e4a9f6a7f08febac2a9 > Does that mean that I cannot use these maps as the base maps if I am using > QGIS instead of ArcGIS? I'm not a lawyer, but a client of mine looked into this a couple of years back with the conclusion that using this layer in any non-ESRI software application is breaking ESRI's terms of service. Nyall > > I am new here so I am not quite sure if that's the right way to ask questions > regarding QGIS. If it is inappropriate, please ignore my email. Or, does > anyone know how can I contact the QGIS team directly? > > Thanks a million in advance. > > Best wishes, > Summer > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
