That was fast. I had a quick look and the non-commercial restriction seems problematic. We have to double check with legal first as these files are just testfiles and won't be redistributed.
Andreas Am 25. August 2017 16:09:23 MESZ schrieb "Jörg Henne" <[email protected]>: >Am 24.08.2017 um 11:25 schrieb Jörg Henne: >> >> I just learned that those files contain sample bitstreams contained >as >> hex-dumps within the standard. The standards are copyrighted by >> ITU/ISO and contain the following notice: >> >> All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be >reproduced >> or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or >> mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without >> permission in writing from the ITU. >> >> Although I don't think that the authors and publishers intention was >> to prevent use of the sample bitstreams for testing purposes, the >> statement clearly covers them. WDYT? >> I'm going to e-mail ITU wuth this question although I am not too >> optimistic about getting an answer some within this decade :-) >I have obtained written permission from an ITU representative allowing >us to use the files as intended. Does ASF have an established method of > >documenting this permission? > >The ITU requested that a license disclaimer/information be included >alongside the sample data. I have added it to the code base: >https://github.com/levigo/jbig2-imageio/blob/master/src/test/resources/images/README_SAMPLE_DATA_LICENSING.txt >Does this disclaimer create a conflict with the ASL? > >Jörg Henne > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
