Bottom line is that SIFT is not patented except in the USA. Only those in the USA that use hugin for commercial products need permission from the UBC. As Bruno mentioned, users are warned about this during use, but also in documentation accompanying the download. They can either obtain that permission themselves or (if on windows) decide to download the version of hugin without SIFT, readily available on SourceForge.
SURF is patented worldwide, which is one of the reasons no control point generator using SURF is included in hugin downloads for Windows. Allard On Dec 25 2009, 3:00 pm, DaveN <[email protected]> wrote: > Bottom line is that you click on a hugin download link and you get > autopano sift in the download. Saying a disk image isn't really a > package ring as being believable. > > On Dec 25, 12:58 pm, Harry van der Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2009/12/25 DaveN <[email protected]> > > > > > Could you be more specific? Which hugin download includes > > > autopano-sift-C? > > > > Getting source and compile yourself is not the same as download. > > > > The Mac downloads include it in the compiled version downloads (tested > > > 0.8.0 and 2009.4.0). I have not tested the Windows precompiled > > > versions. > > > > Here is a link to the 2009.4.0 download: > > > >http://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin/files/hugin/hugin-2009.4/hugin-... > > > As mentioned by me about 30 mails ago in this same thread: > > > *Just for complete reference to both Mac and non-Mac users: > > The 2009.2 was the first to include the AutoCP generators but NOT inside > > Hugin. They are delivered with the package as separate packages. > > Technically speaking: the MacOSX .dmg that is downloaded is NOT a package, > > but the official MacOSX disk image format, like .iso or .nrg or whatever > > other formats exist. Like any CD distributed with many magazines containing > > lots and lots of software. That's not different. > > Did you write to all those magazines as well? > > > When installing AutoCP generators on MacOSX, they are still NOT inside the > > Hugin packages but installed elsewhere. > > The separate packes are in a separate Folder "on the CD" and come with a > > Readme when and where you can use them. > > Inside the packages you will find again the Readme.* > > > Harry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
