[Qgis-developer] [Fwd: RE: [Fwd: ECW licence]]

[Tim Sutton]

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Hi

Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> Hi all.
> I receive this reply from ERDAS. I hope this will solve the issue. If
> not, please let me know, so we'll try to clarify the remaining issues.
> All the best.
> 
> -------- Messaggio Originale  --------
> Oggetto: RE: [Fwd: ECW licence]
> Data: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:27:42 -0400
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Yes.  This is perfectly fine, so long as you comply with the license
> conditions:
> 
> - Desktop only application

Ok we are good there...

> - Support ECWP

Oh do we support this ECWP? I've never tried and we will need to
investigate further.


> - Limit compression to 500mb (uncompressed input size)

I believe gdal already restricts compression to 500mb (and even that is
not exposed in QGIS).

I'll put out a new package if we meet all the criteria.

Thanks for chasing up on this.

Regards

Tim

> 
> 
> Please let me know how you get on?  I keep a list of all ECW-supported
> applications :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Richard
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paolo Cavallini [mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:42 PM
> 
> Richard Orchard ha scritto:
>> You are able to add read support for ECW files, and compression
>> limited to 500mb uncompressed input into your desktop application, at
>> no charge.
>>
>> However, to comply with the license you must also support the
>> streaming ECWP  protocol.  This is explained in, and part of, the
>> same software development kit.
>>
>> If you would like to compress larger amounts of data, or install the
>> SDK on server-side systems, you would need to obtain a commercial
>> license,
> 
> Dear Richard,
> thanks for your reply. We are aware of the technical limitations of ECW
> SDK, but we are still uncertain about the legal side of the problem. Can
> we compile QGIS with ECW support, using Erdas SDK, and redistribute
> freely the resulting package?
> This will, in our view, increase both the attractiveness of QGIS to
> professional GIS users and the popularity of ECW as a format.
> Thanking you in advance.
> All the best.


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