On 23 dec, 04:46, DaveN tahoedave...@yahoo.com wrote:
From the SURF page (interesting that the SURF page says it is
copyrighted but there is no mention of a patent)
I checked the files they provide, and those contain a LICENSE file,
which I'll quote below. Indeed nothing is mentioned about
Upon reading a bit further in the same OpenCV thread, I found a
mention of different, possibly less patent-restricted algorithms [5].
Could be interesting! Further investigation needed...
[5] http://n2.nabble.com/SURF-protected-by-patent-tp3458734p3463927.html
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Bart
On 23 dec, 13:59, Bart van
Interesting discussion no nabble.
I noticed there the same comment, that patent holders allow others to use their
patent for free.
I'd suggest that Hugin take the initiative and contact the patent holders and
get an authorization to use the algorithm free of charge. This is the easiest
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:03:07 -0800 (PST), DaveN tahoedave...@yahoo.com
wrote:
No. My bottom line is that if you use a patented algorithm to make a
panorama for profit without paying the inventor of the algorithm, can
you be outraged if your panorama is used by others without payment to
you.
I have merged the gsoc2009_layout branch with trunk.
Please report any new bugs you find here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=77506atid=550441
A few are already known:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=77506atid=550441keyword=[layout]
The main new features are:
* Image
can somebody clear this up.
is hugin using copyrighted/ patented stuff when it shouldn't ?
regards
mick
2009/12/23 Roger Howard rogerhow...@rogerroger.org:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:03:07 -0800 (PST), DaveN tahoedave...@yahoo.com
wrote:
No. My bottom line is that if you use a patented
Hugin itself, no
Hugin is a gui for a number of underlying programs. Of those programs
autopano-* and panomatic both are optional install. Both of these programs are
automatic control point finders. You can locate control points by hand without
these programs.
There is some question on
On Wed 23-Dec-2009 at 22:42 +, michael crane wrote:
can somebody clear this up.
is hugin using copyrighted/ patented stuff when it shouldn't ?
regards
Everything in Hugin is copyrighted.
If you use autopano-sift-C (which isn't part of Hugin), you get a
big warning every time you use it
I'm sure this will be resolved in the coming weeks.
Can you clarify what you mean by that? I'm sort of new to the community,
and may have missed something.
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Dale Beams drbe...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hugin itself, no
Hugin is a gui for a number of underlying
