[gdal-dev] Is it a big thing to change ECW to support 16-bit imagery?

[mohwawang]

If you know that the technical problem can not be resolved easily (for example, if the deep part of the algorithm is based on 8bit and it needs a new algorithm for 16bit) then you have little incentive to negotiate the license.

Mo

--- On Sat, 3/28/09, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:

> From: Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net>
> Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] Is it a big thing to change ECW to support 16-bit imagery?
> To: "mohwawang" <mohwawang at yahoo.com>
> Cc: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 9:40 AM
> mohwawang wrote:
> > Mateusz,
> > 
> > License issue can be resolved through negotiation.
> 
> Then try to solve it first, before digging the source
> code.
> Otherwise, you will waste your time.
> 
> > Then back to the
> > technique issue: Is it a big thing to change ECW to
> support 16-bit
> > imagery?
> 
> IMHO, unless the license issue is solved, it's a far
> premature question.
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
> Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org
>