Author: Alessandro Scotti
Date: 01:57:11 01/04/06
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On January 03, 2006 at 23:54:40, Ratko V Tomic wrote: >As with anything these days, from "single click order" of Amazon and up, there >is a patent application (still in pending state) on the novelty aspects of the >algorithm, as well as the copyright on the source code. That's how it has to be >done these days for ones own protection. Yes, that's why I was asking! ;-) >The non-commercial use of either is free (see license.txt). I would imagine if >Kodak wanted to put the algorithm into its digital camera some day, they would >need a commercial license (assuming patent is granted by then and their variant >uses the patented aspects). The educational & research use, even with a >commercial aspect (e.g. a college charging for a CS course and using the code or >preprints for teaching), is also free. Ok thanks! >I am not an attorney and haven't dwelt on >this topic beyond the absolute minimum I couldn't avoid, so that's roughly my >understanding of the IP status and the licensing. Same here, but nowadays reading licenses, IP laws and even following some important trials has become an integral part of a programmer's job! :-(
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