[Qgis-developer] QGIS 1.8 Windows Standalone is not OK with spatialite versions

[Ramon Andiñach]

On 18/11/2012, at 15:10 , Paolo Cavallini wrote:

> Il 15/11/2012 21:52, haubourg ha scritto:
> 
>> Is there anything I can do (paying someone to spend a few days clarifying
>> ECW situation) or are we trapped by ERDAS?? 
> 
> Hi all.
> I understand the problem. I asked directly ERDAS a few years ago, so we had precise
> guidelines. Now things have changed, so I'd suggest to:
> - ask again the proprietary of the ECW software and patents about what we can and
> what we can't do
> - if they come out with reasonable requests, we can follow them
> - if not, I guess the only option for corporate users is to prepare ad hoc packages
> for redistribution within the company, as this might be allowed by the licence.
> All the best.

Is this possible?
or has the horse bolted?

I'd volunteer to send the letter, but it should probably come from higher up the food chain than me :)
However, I'd be willing to reframe the letter so that they were made aware that there were users that they'd miss out on if they didn't give you reasonable guidelines. 
(and send it on a regular basis until you got an answer)

-ramon.