On August 31, 2010 03:29:02 am thePanz wrote: > > Packages of Hugin have been circulating with or without included CP > > generators. Most CP generators available are encumbered by patents in > > some jurisdictions, making a distribution of an installer like yours > > (from your description I infer that it includes panomatic) touchy. Make > > sure it's OK in your jurisdiction - panomatic is protected by the SURF > > patent. > > Panomatic isn't included in my distro, you can choose to download it > on-the-fly from internet during installation process. Should I add a > "License" for each CP during install?
I forgot this very important detail. Sorry. This is what makes your installer superior to anything else we had previously. Adding a "License" for each CP-generator during install is not necessary. What I would advise to do is to put a generic disclaimer - the same one for all CP-generators - with a statement like: "you have elected to download and install one or many additional software packages for control point generation. Be aware that these packages are separate from Hugin. These packages may or may not be encumbered by patents in your residence's jurisdiction and they are subject to their own licenses. It is your responsibility to make sure that you are not infringing on any rights when installing and running these packages in your jurisdiction". Have the user accept it prior to initiating the download/install of the third party packages. Note that my feedback is given blind (I have no Windows box to test your Installer), so maybe the process is not as I imagine it. Feel free to adapt my feedback to your needs or push back at me my wrong assumptions. > Great! Maybe if I could commit my edits and corrections to Hugin > repository may be better, what you think? I'm non new to SVN, CVS or > HG version control systems... let me know.. do you have a SourceForge user name? please publish it here so that you can be granted write privilege on the Hg repository. Hugin no longer uses SVN or CVS. Don't worry about being new, there is very little that can go wrong when using Hg. Welcome on board! Yuv
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