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

[BHARGAVA KALAPATAPU]

Dear Paolo,
Thank you for your reply. I will keep that in mind, hope I am also able to
contribute something to the DFT community. Thank you for QE.
Regards
Bhargava Kalapatapu

On Thu, 3 Sept, 2026, 17:28 Paolo Giannozzi, <paolo.giannozzi at uniud.it>
wrote:

> 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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