hi Allard, allard wrote: > Just to help you stay away from the dark side, here's what I made of > the text fileinstaller_licence.txt:
it's not so much the dark side, as it is the hot side. no airco in the office, my boss is cheap (did I tell you I'm my own boss?) so I work on the Ubuntu notebook in the airconditioned zone. thanks for providing the text, my feedback between the lines. > UPGRADES > This version of Hugin is backwards compatible, and there should not be > good reasons to keep using the previous stable version. If you wish to > do so however, it is possible to install them side-by-side. If not, > please uninstall the previous version before running this installer. not really. 0.7 and 0.8 will conflict in the registry. IIRC using the more recent autopano expandos in 0.8 will result in hugin 0.7 passing a wrong input to autopano in 0.7. > SHELF-LIFE > > Hugin is under constant development, and the code evolves rapidly. > Nevertheless, stable releases like this are not very frequent. If you > are looking for newer features or the latest cutting edge development > snapshots, and are willing to accept all the risks involved, look for > them at Yuval Levy's page: <http://panospace.wordpress.com/downloads/ >> . New stable releases will be announced on the hugin home page: > <http://hugin.sf.net/> I'd remove completely this paragraph. it is appropriate with snapshots. for a release people can expect it to last longer. > DISCLAIMER > > The programs in this installer are tested to some extent, but they may > not > work as expected. Use them at your own risk. > This installer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but > WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > > LICENSE > The control point generators shipped with this installer > > * autopano-sift-C > * panomatic > * Autopano > > are based on the SIFT algorithm. This algorithm is patented in the USA > by the University of British Columbia. Commercial applications of > these control point generators in the USA may require a licence from > the University of British Columbia. > > For all other parts of this installer, you are free to use, copy, > distribute, modify them. Unless you distribute you should not be > worried by > the following licensing terms. > > All files in this archive are subject to the included licenses. > Details in > enblend/LICENSE_GPL.txt > enblend/LICENSE_VIGRA.txt > hugin/LICENSE_GPL.txt > hugin/LICENSE_JHEAD.txt > hugin/LICENSE_VIGRA.txt > panotools/LICENSE_GPL.txt > > > DISTRIBUTION > > Distribution in compliance with GPL permitted and encouraged. > If you distribute, you MUST include a copy of the applicable > licenses and give access to the source code of executable binaries. > > The source code for the binaries can be acessed at > > enblend <http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=123407> > hugin <http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=77506> > panotools <http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=96188> > > > DOCUMENTATION > > Basic information: > - start hugin from the start / all programs menu. Use the help menu. > - start binaries from the command line with no arguments. > > Further usage information may be found at > <http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin> > <http://wiki.panotools.org/Enblend> > <http://wiki.panotools.org/Enfuse> > <http://wiki.panotools.org/Panotools> > <http://wiki.panotools.org/Panorama_Tools_Plugins> Add: <http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ> and cut away what is below. Again: this is a release, not a snapshot. > It is likely that some or all information at the above page does not > apply > to the software installed. If the installed software does not perform > as expected, it is because it is experimental and some functions may > be > incomplete, broken, obsolete, new or otherwise missing in action. > > Before reporting problems with the documentation or asking for > support, > please download the lastest version of this installer from > <http://panospace.wordpress.com/downloads/> > and see if it solves the problems you'd like to report. > > _____________ last but not least, change the url.txt before compiling the installer. point it to http://hugin.sourceforge.net/installed/0.8.0.shtml if you have not done so yet (sorry I could not check, I'm now away for the weekend and have no access to my windows workstation) > I'm not very well informed about the exact legal implications of the > patent situation, so it would be great if someone can confirm this > won't get the hugin project into trouble. Except for patent lawyers I > haven't met any Windows user (including myself) who actually reads > licence agreements, so I guess that part is the only thing that > matters. There are two InnoSetup files in the repository: one with and one without CP generators. If you don't want to get in troubles, the conservative approach is to use the one without the CP generators. Not reading the license agreements does not protect anybody from the law. Each individual is expected to know and comply with their jurisdiction's laws. The "hugin project" is not a legal entity. As such it can't get into troubles. We, individuals, can. To be honest: my personal situation and my own risk assessment are such that I have to pass on uploading your file for distribution. YMMV. If you tell me your SF handle, I'll give you upload access, but I won't upload your file myself, nor will I download and run it. 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