Public bug reported:
The vlfeat package provided by Ubuntu (and also Debian) has been
stripped down by intentionally removing the SIFT implementation. This is
what is written in the README.source file:
«The SIFT implementation was removed from the source due to patent issues.
References to it have been removed from the toplevel demo script (vl_demo.m) and
the toplevel documentation file (index.html)
-- Dima Kogan <d...@secretsauce.net>, Thu, 7 Nov 2013 17:30:40 -0800»
It is unclear whether these "patent issues" exist or not, at least
because software patents are not even legal in a lot of countries.
Moreover, there is no documentation whatsoever on how to add the missing
functionality. I ended up downloading the source file and building
custom deb packages, but this should not be needed by the average user.
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty and the package without SIFT is octave-
vlfeat 0.9.17+dfsg0-6build1. If these "issues" happen to be real, with
good evidence, then im my opinion a script should be added to download
the missing parts, like Ubuntu does with the deCSS library for encrypted
DVDs.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: octave-vlfeat 0.9.17+dfsg0-6build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 26 20:11:16 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-17 (648 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
SourcePackage: vlfeat
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-24 (33 days ago)
** Affects: vlfeat (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
** Description changed:
The vlfeat package provided by Ubuntu (and also Debian) has been
- stripped down by purpotedly removing the SIFT implementation. This is
+ stripped down by intentionally removing the SIFT implementation. This is
what is written in the README.source file:
«The SIFT implementation was removed from the source due to patent issues.
References to it have been removed from the toplevel demo script (vl_demo.m)
and
the toplevel documentation file (index.html)
- -- Dima Kogan <d...@secretsauce.net>, Thu, 7 Nov 2013 17:30:40 -0800»
+ -- Dima Kogan <d...@secretsauce.net>, Thu, 7 Nov 2013 17:30:40 -0800»
It is unclear whether these "patent issues" exist or not, at least
because software patents are not even legal in a lot of countries.
Moreover, there is no documentation whatsoever on how to add the missing
functionality. I ended up downloading the source file and building
custom deb packages, but this should not be needed by the average user.
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty and the package without SIFT is octave-
vlfeat 0.9.17+dfsg0-6build1. If these "issues" happen to be real, with
good evidence, then im my opinion a script should be added to download
the missing parts, like Ubuntu does with the deCSS library for encrypted
DVDs.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: octave-vlfeat 0.9.17+dfsg0-6build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 26 20:11:16 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-17 (648 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
SourcePackage: vlfeat
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-24 (33 days ago)
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