[QE-developers] Using QE as a part of a software I am creating.

Paolo Giannozzi paolo.giannozzi at uniud.it
Thu Sep 3 13:58:25 CEST 2026


Dear Bhargava Kalapatapu

QE is licensed under the GNU public licence (GPL) and the terms of GPL 
apply. Basically, you can do what you want with QE, but if you 
distribute a software based upon QE ("derived work"), you have to 
distribute the sources of your software as well.

Paolo


On 9/1/26 17:26, BHARGAVA KALAPATAPU wrote:
> 
> Dear developers of QE,
> I am writing to you to ask the correct procedure to use QE as a part of 
> an integrated simulation platform that combines materials, devices and 
> quantum simulations into one platform to provide an easier way to use 
> QE. This also comes along with a really nice GUI that eliminates the 
> need to script at all (although it isn't too much of a pain to do that).
> I would be really grateful to use QE as a part of this project I am 
> undertaking, as I have been using QE for over 2 years now.
> Hope to hear back from you soon.
> Regards
> Bhargava Kalapatapu
> 
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