On Monday, October 24, 2011 12:31:16 am Thomas Kellerer wrote: > Eduardo Morras, 21.10.2011 20:53: > >> Now PostGIS is licensed under the GPL and I wonder if we can use it > >> in a commercial (customer specific) project then. The source code > >> will not be made open source, but of course the customer will get > >> the source code. > >> > >> Is it still OK to use the GPL licensed PostGIS in this case? Is > >> that then considered a derivative work because the application will > >> not work without PostGIS? > > > > If it's pure GPL, then postgresql is automagically relicenced to GPL, > > because postgresql allows relicencing and GPL force it to be GPL. > > Your source code must be in GPL too. Remember, it's a virus licence > > and has the same problem that Midas king had. > > Thanks for the answer. > > I think we'll better be safe than sorry and we will not use PostGIS then. When in doubt read the source: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php In particular sections 2 & 3. I see nothing that precludes you doing what you want. > > Regards > Thomas -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
