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
>
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