[Qgis-developer] QGIS 1.8 Windows Standalone is not OK with spatialite versions (ECW tangent)

[Ramon Andiñach]

Ok. I'll go back through the licensing documentation in the next few days.

If I'm doing this I have some questions. (Jürgen, Paolo?)
What would appropriate questions would be? Paolo's comment below seems really open to me.
  (Neither developer or lawyer, so would appreciate comment).
What was the previous arrangement?
Am I asking just for myself as a concerned user, QGIS or OSGeo generally?
 If the last two can I speak for them?

-ramon.

On 15/01/2013, at 06:57 , Ted wrote:

> Ramon
> 
> the current product manage for ECW is Chris Tweedie,  Chris.Tweedie at intergraph.com  and for your good, he is based out of oz. so can you please get in touch with him and help us clear this doubt?
> 
> the current version is 4.3 and the installer is password protected. You can download it freely from intergraph site.
> http://geospatial.intergraph.com/products/other/ecw/erdasecwjpeg2000sdk/downloads/ERDAS_ECW_JP2_SDK_Desktop_Read-Only_Version_4_3.aspx
> 
> 
> the licensing agreement and the rest of the literature are here
> http://geospatial.intergraph.com/products/other/ecw/erdasecwjpeg2000sdk/ProductLiterature.aspx
> 
> I really hope to get the ECW support back in GDAL and QGIS before v2 release.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Ted
> 
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Ramon Andiñach <custard at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
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