The information in that post is incorrect.  You are allowed to redistribute
them. They are not open source but there is no desktop restriction on the
libraries.
On Jul 12, 2014 2:31 PM, "Alex Mandel" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 07/11/2014 09:21 PM, zehari wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > I have installed a new ubuntu 14:04 by removing ubuntu 13:10. Then, I
> > installed QGIS2.4 program, but can no longer open ECW files, while the
> > previous version is still functioning.
> > Can anyone help me, why is this happening?
> > For his help I would like to thank.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Zehari
> >
>
> GDAL/OGR on Ubuntu does not support ECW by default due to licensing
> restrictions. You have to rebuild GDAL/OGR with ECW support.
>
> http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/27247/ecw-for-qgis-1-8-in-ubuntu-12-04/27398#27398
>
> Once you do that QGIS will be able to read ECW.
> I'm not sure how you got this to work previously without rebuilding GDAL.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
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