Re: PostGIS in a commercial project

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.

Regards
Thomas