[Gvsig_english] Use of gvSIG by Government Land Department

[Jorge Piera Llodrá]

gvSIG is licensed under the GPL license. This is an open source licence 
that has the 4 fredoms [1]:

    * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
    * The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make
      it do what you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a
      precondition for this.
    * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
      (freedom 2).
    * The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to
      others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community
      a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code
      is a precondition for this.

Regards,
Jorge.

[1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

On 12/17/2010 05:10 PM, Chris Puttick wrote:
> Open source software is open source software. There are a few applications out there, almost all closed source, that allow some classes of user to use them freely; open source applications are almost invariably open source and free to use for all classes of user. The licence supplied with the open source application will make it clear, but many applications just use the GPL (as does gvSIG) which allows for all users to freely use and modify the application, with the proviso that it stays open source.
>
> ALso gvSIG was developed (funded) by a government department in a state of Spain, Valencia (the "v" in gvSIG).
>
> HTH
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>    
>> Hello,
>>
>> I work in a County Land Management office in Itasca County, Minnesota,
>> United States.
>>
>> I would like to use the gvSIG software.
>>
>> The county computer network administrator will not install the program
>> without documentation that is OK for a government entity to use the
>> software.
>>
>> Is it OK for us to use? She says that free software is sometimes only
>> free for personal use and not corporate use. We are County government
>> land management (forestry) department.
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>> Adam
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Jorge Piera Llodrá
gvSIG Development Team
PRODEVELOP
Plaza Don Juan de Villarrasa, 14 - 5
46001 Valencia
Tel: +34 963510612
Fax: +34 963510908
e-mail: jpiera at prodevelop.es
http://www.prodevelop.es
http://www.gvsig.org

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