My message below is waiting for moderator approval due to the attachment. Here's a link instead: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24564149/ERDAS%20ECW%20JPEG2000%20SDK%20Read-Only%20License.doc
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alister Hood > Sent: Friday, 10 February 2012 3:02 p.m. > To: 'Tim Sutton' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Qgis-developer] Windows Installation broken - and cannot > uninstall > > Hi Tim, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Sutton [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 9:26 p.m. > > To: Alister Hood > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Windows Installation broken - and cannot > > uninstall > > > > Hi > > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Alister Hood <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > -8<-------snip------------------------ > > > > > - I'm not convinced the OSGeo4W installer is very risky. Are people > > > having problems with it without doing an "advanced install" and > > > choosing weird things? IMO the only good reason for recommending > > > the standalone installer is that OSGeo4W doesn't provide ECW libs > > > (but the standalone installer isn't actually respecting the license > > > on these, > > > anyway...) > > > > Actually the standalone is widely used by people with low bandwidth because > > the typical pattern is for one person to sacrifice the time / money to > > download it and then share it widely saving others the expense and time of > > doing the same. > > Well, people are free to do what they want, but if I had bandwidth or speed > restrictions I would be even more motivated to use the OSGeo4W installer. > I guess it is slightly more complicated to share the directory of downloaded > packages, but it's still easy, really. I do it myself whenever I install on > a different computer, and I don't even need to worry about bandwidth or speed > here. > > > Secondly, we did have an agreement with ERMapper to redistribute the > > ECW libs > > Sorry, just to clarify - are you saying someone here contacted ERMapper and > made a special agreement for distributing them with QGIS? Is this recorded > somewhere? I do know I'm not the only one who refers to the normal ECW > license whenever the topic comes up... > > (I believe the agreement should be in the installer bundle), > > I'm not sure if there is anything about this displayed during the install > process, but once installed there is a file in the install directory called > "ECW_EULA.txt". This is a copy of the license for the "old" ECW version, the > one which is also available on Linux. > But the actual ECW dlls included with the standalone installer are from the > "new" ECW version, which is normally under a much more restrictive license > (attached in an evil proprietary format ;) ). > Is there an agreement that says QGIS can distribute the new dlls under the > old license? Or have the dlls been updated in error? Or has the license not > been updated in error? > There is always the option of using the old ECW version, which could also be > distributed with OSGeo4W, and would even allow for writing ECWs... > > > although I am unclear as to whether the acquisition of ERMapper by Erdas > > has impacted on that agreement. > > The ECW dlls included with the standalone installer claim to be produced by > Erdas. If the agreement was made before this version of the dlls was > released, it seems unlikely that it would apply to them. > > It would be good to clarify this whole issue to make sure we're getting it > right, and put an explanation somewhere prominent that we can refer people to > instead of rehashing the discussion on a regular basis. > > > Alister _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
