Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
Murray,
There are no restrictions on distribution of DBD files. However, our
license agreement does preclude reverse engineering so it is not very
likely that 3rd party viewers will include the capability to view Maptitude
files.
I don't mean to be cryptic, but we will introduce some new options that
will probably resolve this matter in a different way.
Thanks for your interest in our products.
Howard
At 11:24 AM 2/12/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
>
>I appreciate the reply. I don't think the license agreement restriction is a
>problem for users either, for the reason stated in the message below.
>However, what I was wondering originally was if there would be a problem for
>someone wanting to build CDF read-compatibility into a "free GIS viewer"
>program? I take it that this would not be allowed, although I haven't heard
>this stated explicitly. If so, would any restriction hold for the DBD format
>as well?
>
>Bottom line, it would simply be interesting to know if, as Margie brought up
>earlier, it is possible at all for any Caliper file compatibility (DBD or
>CDF) to be built into third-party GIS software. I'm not expecting to see it
>in ArcExplorer any time soon (!), but is it possible elsewhere?
>
>Murray Rice
>Altavision Geographics
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Howard Slavin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Maptitude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 10:51 AM
>Subject: Re: [Maptitude] PCI's Geomatica FreeView (fwd)
>
>
> > Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
> >
> > To the list,
> >
> > As indicated in the license agreement, users shall not "use the Product to
> > create data in Caliper's CDF data format for sale or any other commercial
> > purpose without the prior written permission of Caliper.
> >
> > Since we support so many other file formats, we do not feel that this
> > restriction should be a problem for Maptitude users.
> >
> > Howard Slavin
> > President
> > Caliper Corporation
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 09:07 AM 2/12/01 -0600, you wrote:
> > >Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
> > >
> > >Margie,
> > >
> > >Are there any licensing impediments to software companies outside of
>Caliper
> > >using the CDF format? I recall reading somewhere (perhaps in the original
> > >license agreement from Maptitude) that distribution of datafiles in CDF
> > >format is restricted. Would similar restrictions apply to anyone wanting
>to
> > >use the CDF format in their software? The same kind of issue comes up
>with
> > >graphics software, where I've seen some graphics packages not supporting
>GIF
> > >file format due to licensing/royalty issues (thus the growth of the
> > >alternate format PNG, I understand).
> > >
> > >Perhaps our friends at Caliper could fill us in if this is an issue. It
>sure
> > >would be great to see the PCI viewer (and others) reading in Caliper
>files.
> > >
> > >Murray Rice
> > >Altavision Geographics
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
>
>
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