I just happened to be looking at the ERDAS web site the other day, and noticed that there's been a relaese of the ECW SDK since the ER Mapper/ERDAS merger. What caught my eye was changes to the SDK licensing mentioned in the release notes: "Product enhancements, including:
* No more restrictions on the distribution of 'Server Software' under the GPL-style Public Use License Agreement Commercial Use. Subject to all other terms of this Agreement, You are hereby granted a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use the ECW/JP2 CODEC SDK to create, use and distribute END APPLICATIONS that DECODE for COMMERCIAL USES." Also supporting this interpretation is the seperate royalty schedule for Commercial use, it only lists ENCODING as a use where license fees are due. Cheers, Antti ________________________________ From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of John Mitchell Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2009 1:58 PM To: Gregor Mosheh Cc: Rahkonen Jukka; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Is using ECW format allowed or not? Does a JPEG2000 created by ER Mapper/ECW also require licensing like an ECW format file when used by MapServer? Thanks, John On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Gregor Mosheh <gre...@hostgis.com> wrote: 1. Can we use our compressed ECW images as input for MapServer WMS? 2. Can we use ECW as an output format for MapServer WCS? The license agreement says that the ECW SDK cannot be used "on a server" then goes on to define that as a computer connected to the Internet which provides images. I'd say that clearly rules out MapServer consuming ECW. Very unfortunate, but in my opinion very clear. In my tests, I have found that JPEG2000 and ECW are really too slow for production use anyway. Maybe that's some "sour grapes" consolation? :) -- Gregor Mosheh / Greg Allensworth BS, A+, Network+, Security+, Server+ System Administrator, Lead Programmer HostGIS development & hosting services, http://www.HostGIS.com/ "Remember that no one cares if you can back up, only if you can restore." - AMANDA _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users -- John J. Mitchell ------ IMPORTANT - This message has been issued by The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The information transmitted is for the use of the intended recipient only and may contain sensitive and/or legally privileged material. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening or sending them on. Any reproduction, publication, communication, re-transmission, disclosure, dissemination or other use of the information contained in this e-mail by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. The taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender and delete all copies of this transmission together with any attachments. If you have received this e-mail as part of a valid mailing list and no longer want to receive a message such as this one advise the sender by return e-mail accordingly. Only e-mail correspondence which includes this footer, has been authorised by DAFF ------
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