[mapserver-users] Is using ECW format allowed or not? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Roppola, Antti - BRS]

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


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[mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of John
Mitchell
Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2009 1:58 PM
To: Gregor Mosheh
Cc: Rahkonen Jukka; mapserver-users at 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 <gregor at 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? :)
	
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