tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147006891212258908.post3865282613326192510..comments2024-03-23T18:07:18.124+08:00Comments on MY QGIS MALAYSIA: Experiences from the JPBD slope analysis plugin projectAbbas AWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258480446911971324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147006891212258908.post-64158277088226373362012-04-28T20:22:28.933+08:002012-04-28T20:22:28.933+08:00Thank you again for pointing that protection issue...Thank you again for pointing that protection issue.<br /><br />Having ventured into GRASS modules, I believe a QGIS-GRASS package can easily fulfill a slope analysis. The problem is not with the module but my R&D section could not provide me with the necessary parameter values to input for "environmentally sensitive areas" which in my opinion is not my responsibility but theirs so I kicked the ball to their compound and it has been there ever since.Abbas AWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258480446911971324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147006891212258908.post-69968819999899220502012-04-28T15:44:45.445+08:002012-04-28T15:44:45.445+08:00You wrote: "because the source code is not pr...You wrote: "because the source code is not protected like proprietary" ... <br /><br />Sir, open source software IS protected by its licence (GPL, AGPL, etc), the same way commercial software is protected by various End-user License Agreements. <br /><br />The only difference is that with open source software, you also have the right to modify these codes, publish it (or not, depending on which license) which you don't have in most commercial software.<br /><br />May I inquire what are the specific and unique requirements you have for slope analysis that is not met by presently available F/LOSS terrain analysis software?GOwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152642526850106538noreply@blogger.com