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

[Paolo Cavallini]

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
- Support ECWP
- Limit compression to 500mb (uncompressed input size)


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.
-- 
Paolo Cavallini: http://www.faunalia.it/pc

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Paolo Cavallini: http://www.faunalia.it/pc