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Customizing QGIS plugins
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Unicorn Meta Zoo #1: Why another podcast?Toggle editing option in pluginsWhat could I do to make QGIS find all the plugins?Why is my custom QGIS repository not working in recent qgis-dev version?How to Install QGIS 2.6 plugins offlineIs there a way to locate plugins in the QGIS gui programatically from pyqgis?Python plugins not available, OS X 10.10.5, QGIS 2.8.4What do you use your QGIS plugins for?Installing plugins for QGIS 2.18 on macInstalled plugins disappear after reinstalling 2.14Enabling (python) plugins on QGIS3 (Linux)?
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Is a user legally allowed to make changes to available plugins according to his needs? e.g. changing UI, code etc but not the licenses and other info.
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Is a user legally allowed to make changes to available plugins according to his needs? e.g. changing UI, code etc but not the licenses and other info.
qgis qgis-plugins plugins
asked 4 hours ago
Keshav SharmaKeshav Sharma
374
I think so, that doesn't mean anything legal
– Fran Raga
3 hours ago
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Is a user legally allowed to make changes to available plugins according to his needs? e.g. changing UI, code etc but not the licenses and other info.
qgis qgis-plugins plugins
asked 4 hours ago
Keshav SharmaKeshav Sharma
374
Is a user legally allowed to make changes to available plugins according to his needs? e.g. changing UI, code etc but not the licenses and other info.
qgis qgis-plugins plugins
qgis qgis-plugins plugins
asked 4 hours ago
Keshav SharmaKeshav Sharma
374
asked 4 hours ago
Keshav SharmaKeshav Sharma
374
asked 4 hours ago
Keshav SharmaKeshav Sharma
374
asked 4 hours ago
Keshav SharmaKeshav Sharma
374
asked 4 hours ago
Keshav SharmaKeshav Sharma
374
374
I think so, that doesn't mean anything legal
– Fran Raga
3 hours ago
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I think so, that doesn't mean anything legal
– Fran Raga
3 hours ago
I think so, that doesn't mean anything legal
– Fran Raga
3 hours ago
I think so, that doesn't mean anything legal
– Fran Raga
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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Short answer: Yes.
Longer answer:
QGIS and its plugins are licensed under GPL (GNU General Public License), version 2 or later. This license allows anyone to modify QGIS and its plugins, as long as you follow the specified conditions. See the full text of GPL for those conditions.
Licensing requirements for QGIS plugins are explained on this blog post.
QGIS is Open Source Software and provides a great platform for third parties to distribute additional functionality to users through our plugin system. QGIS is licensed under the GPL version 2 or greater. ...
Under the terms of this license, it is a requirement that all plugins distributed via http://plugins.qgis.org (or through other repositories that may be self-hosted) should comply with the GPL version 2 or greater license.
Follow this link for the full text of GPL (GNU General Public License) version 2, as provided in the current (version 3.4) QGIS User Manual. Here's what it says about modifying programs:
You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: (see full text of GPL version 2, section 2 for list of conditions)
answered 3 hours ago
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What is TL;DR ?
– snaileater
3 hours ago
TL;DR = "too long; didn't read." Basically, it's a summary in case you feel like the rest of the answer is too long to bother reading. Although I now realize that this might be confusing on a question about the law, as it might seem like a technical legal abbreviation.
– csk
3 hours ago
mmm ok ... never saw this abbreviation ... lol
– snaileater
3 hours ago
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Short answer: Yes.
Longer answer:
QGIS and its plugins are licensed under GPL (GNU General Public License), version 2 or later. This license allows anyone to modify QGIS and its plugins, as long as you follow the specified conditions. See the full text of GPL for those conditions.
Licensing requirements for QGIS plugins are explained on this blog post.
QGIS is Open Source Software and provides a great platform for third parties to distribute additional functionality to users through our plugin system. QGIS is licensed under the GPL version 2 or greater. ...
Under the terms of this license, it is a requirement that all plugins distributed via http://plugins.qgis.org (or through other repositories that may be self-hosted) should comply with the GPL version 2 or greater license.
Follow this link for the full text of GPL (GNU General Public License) version 2, as provided in the current (version 3.4) QGIS User Manual. Here's what it says about modifying programs:
You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: (see full text of GPL version 2, section 2 for list of conditions)
answered 3 hours ago
cskcsk
10.1k1135
What is TL;DR ?
– snaileater
3 hours ago
TL;DR = "too long; didn't read." Basically, it's a summary in case you feel like the rest of the answer is too long to bother reading. Although I now realize that this might be confusing on a question about the law, as it might seem like a technical legal abbreviation.
– csk
3 hours ago
mmm ok ... never saw this abbreviation ... lol
– snaileater
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Short answer: Yes.
Longer answer:
QGIS and its plugins are licensed under GPL (GNU General Public License), version 2 or later. This license allows anyone to modify QGIS and its plugins, as long as you follow the specified conditions. See the full text of GPL for those conditions.
Licensing requirements for QGIS plugins are explained on this blog post.
QGIS is Open Source Software and provides a great platform for third parties to distribute additional functionality to users through our plugin system. QGIS is licensed under the GPL version 2 or greater. ...
Under the terms of this license, it is a requirement that all plugins distributed via http://plugins.qgis.org (or through other repositories that may be self-hosted) should comply with the GPL version 2 or greater license.
Follow this link for the full text of GPL (GNU General Public License) version 2, as provided in the current (version 3.4) QGIS User Manual. Here's what it says about modifying programs:
You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: (see full text of GPL version 2, section 2 for list of conditions)
answered 3 hours ago
cskcsk
10.1k1135
What is TL;DR ?
– snaileater
3 hours ago
TL;DR = "too long; didn't read." Basically, it's a summary in case you feel like the rest of the answer is too long to bother reading. Although I now realize that this might be confusing on a question about the law, as it might seem like a technical legal abbreviation.
– csk
3 hours ago
mmm ok ... never saw this abbreviation ... lol
– snaileater
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Short answer: Yes.
Longer answer:
QGIS and its plugins are licensed under GPL (GNU General Public License), version 2 or later. This license allows anyone to modify QGIS and its plugins, as long as you follow the specified conditions. See the full text of GPL for those conditions.
Licensing requirements for QGIS plugins are explained on this blog post.
QGIS is Open Source Software and provides a great platform for third parties to distribute additional functionality to users through our plugin system. QGIS is licensed under the GPL version 2 or greater. ...
Under the terms of this license, it is a requirement that all plugins distributed via http://plugins.qgis.org (or through other repositories that may be self-hosted) should comply with the GPL version 2 or greater license.
Follow this link for the full text of GPL (GNU General Public License) version 2, as provided in the current (version 3.4) QGIS User Manual. Here's what it says about modifying programs:
You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: (see full text of GPL version 2, section 2 for list of conditions)
answered 3 hours ago
cskcsk
10.1k1135
Short answer: Yes.
Longer answer:
QGIS and its plugins are licensed under GPL (GNU General Public License), version 2 or later. This license allows anyone to modify QGIS and its plugins, as long as you follow the specified conditions. See the full text of GPL for those conditions.
Licensing requirements for QGIS plugins are explained on this blog post.
QGIS is Open Source Software and provides a great platform for third parties to distribute additional functionality to users through our plugin system. QGIS is licensed under the GPL version 2 or greater. ...
Under the terms of this license, it is a requirement that all plugins distributed via http://plugins.qgis.org (or through other repositories that may be self-hosted) should comply with the GPL version 2 or greater license.
Follow this link for the full text of GPL (GNU General Public License) version 2, as provided in the current (version 3.4) QGIS User Manual. Here's what it says about modifying programs:
You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: (see full text of GPL version 2, section 2 for list of conditions)
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What is TL;DR ?
– snaileater
3 hours ago
TL;DR = "too long; didn't read." Basically, it's a summary in case you feel like the rest of the answer is too long to bother reading. Although I now realize that this might be confusing on a question about the law, as it might seem like a technical legal abbreviation.
– csk
3 hours ago
mmm ok ... never saw this abbreviation ... lol
– snaileater
3 hours ago
add a comment |
What is TL;DR ?
– snaileater
3 hours ago
TL;DR = "too long; didn't read." Basically, it's a summary in case you feel like the rest of the answer is too long to bother reading. Although I now realize that this might be confusing on a question about the law, as it might seem like a technical legal abbreviation.
– csk
3 hours ago
mmm ok ... never saw this abbreviation ... lol
– snaileater
3 hours ago
What is TL;DR ?
– snaileater
3 hours ago
What is TL;DR ?
– snaileater
3 hours ago
TL;DR = "too long; didn't read." Basically, it's a summary in case you feel like the rest of the answer is too long to bother reading. Although I now realize that this might be confusing on a question about the law, as it might seem like a technical legal abbreviation.
– csk
3 hours ago
TL;DR = "too long; didn't read." Basically, it's a summary in case you feel like the rest of the answer is too long to bother reading. Although I now realize that this might be confusing on a question about the law, as it might seem like a technical legal abbreviation.
– csk
3 hours ago
mmm ok ... never saw this abbreviation ... lol
– snaileater
3 hours ago
mmm ok ... never saw this abbreviation ... lol
– snaileater
3 hours ago
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I think so, that doesn't mean anything legal
– Fran Raga
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