-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have heard pepole at Debian has analyzed the licence, and they found it almost compatible with free redistribution. Canop somebody clarify this? I think this is a good candidate for a FAQ Thanks. pc
Yves Jacolin ha scritto: > Hi, > > I send an email in this list to know why qgis 0.8 can't read ecw file. Tim > Sutton reply me that he was "still unclear if the > licensing of ECW is compatible with GPL applications". > > I just read the SDK pages about the librairy : > > "You can **select one of the three simple** license agreements for use of > this > library (full license agreement text is available here and in the SDK > itself). > > Licensing: > > * Free use license: A free license, providing unlimited > read/500MB-per-image compression for ECW and JPEG 2000 in any application > including commercial applications. > * GPL-style license: A free license, providing unlimited read/unlimited > compression for ECW and JPEG 2000 in any GPL style application. > * Commercial license: Once off fee license with no royalties for > commercial applications needing unlimited compression for ECW and JPEG > 2000." > > So it seems possible to use a GPL-like licence for the librairy. In the > licence.txt we can read : > > "Use of the ECW JPEG 2000 SDK with Unlimited Decompressing and Unlimited > Compression for applications licensed under a GNU General Public style > license ("GPL") is governed by the "ECW JPEG 2000 SDK PUBLIC USE LICENSE > AGREEMENT"." > > and : > > "The intent of this license is to establish **freedom to share** and change > the software regulated by this license under the open source model and is > applicable to the use of the ECW JPEG 2000 SDK with Unlimited Decompressing > and Unlimited Compression for applications licensed under a GNU General > Public style license ("GPL") as set out below. > **This license applies to any use of the Software Product solely intended to > develop or be distributed with products that are licensed under a license > similar to a General Public License ("GPL") and at no charge to the public**. > > This license covers modification and distribution of the Software, use of > third-party application programs based on the Software, and development of > free software that uses the Software." > > I am not a guru about law and licence, but do you think this quote allow qgis > team to distribute qgis with ecw librairy ? > > Sorry if I missed something ! > > Regards, > > Y. - -- Paolo Cavallini email+jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.faunalia.it Piazza Garibaldi 5 - 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italy Tel: (+39)348-3801953 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFokKo/NedwLUzIr4RAnC+AJ4j2d1rip2YK1zTprjqiGPV6bhcbQCgqZ6q /QV4TohtVNVdTnGL3HVLMY4= =bg7N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.qgis.org http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user