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GIScience / orstools-qgis-plugin

Plugin for QGIS with a set of tools to use openrouteservice API´s, based on openstreetmap
https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/ORStools/
MIT License
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Current MIT-License does not suit QGIS Plugin License Requirements #228

Open koebi opened 4 months ago

koebi commented 4 months ago

Accoding to the Licensing requirements for QGIS plugins, QGIS plugins should comply with GPL version 2 or greater.

Following the discussion in this QEP, license files will become mandatory as of June 1st, 2024.

Therefore, we will have to switch to GPL version 2 or greater, and I'd propose using GPL version 3. The current MIT-License is compatible with this, so re-licensing the code is feasible.

This issue exists mainly to inform all our contributors about this change, so they can voice their concerns (if any). Tagging @nilsnolde @Merydian @TheGreatRefrigerator @mattamach @m-kuhn @jannefleischer @kcrkor for this.

nilsnolde commented 4 months ago

I might be wrong but IMO this is a non-issue, MIT is perfectly compatible with GPL. It doesn’t mean that this plugin is re-licensing QGIS code. It just means that the code written in this plugin can be used in a MIT way unless otherwise restricted, e.g. PyQGIS via GPL.

While we’re on the topic: GIScience doesn’t even comply with the very little licensing restrictions MIT requires hahaha you removed my copyright! I don’t easily take offense, but that’s a big NO NO.