1. Open Source and QGIS An Introduction Anna Iglseder OSI / CC BY 2.5

2. Open Source in general
Johannes Spielhagen /
CC BY-SA 3.0

3. Free Software or Open Source Software?
Free as is in „free speach“, not „free beer“
GNU Philosophy on Open Source
Victor Siame /
FAL 1.3

4. Free to use – how to distribute?
Common open licenses
Apache License
Creative Commons
MIT License
GPL – GNU General Public License
…and many more
Software
Give appropriate credit and share alike!

5. Open Source Software - Examples

6. Open Source Software - Examples
Moodle
Gimp
Ubuntu
SAGA GIS
Inkscape
Libre Office
Blender
R Statistics
Grass GIS
Firefox
7ZIP
Notepad++
Thunderbird
Open Office
VLC
Lightworks
QGIS
Audacity

7. about QGIS
Free and open-source geographic information system application for desktop, server and web browser that provides data creation, visualisation, editing, analysis and publishing
Available for Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Android, License: GNU GPL
Latest Version: 2.18 Las Palmas (

8. about QGIS
Let‘s start!