[Qgis-user] Re: [Qgis-developer] Mrsid business

[Agustin Lobo]

Might some of these help:

http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/MrSID
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/ECW
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/2385
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/2683
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=515046
http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Come_abilitare_il_supporto_ai_file_ECW_in_GDAL_e_visualizzarli_in_GRASS_e_QGIS

I'm also starting to ask in the gdal list, but a developer would know 
better how to handle this issue.
My point is that this is not "just a gdal issue". For qgis users, this 
is a qgis issue. Maybe
this type of support is not seen as urgent in the gdal community, but 
our requests might
make them change their mind.

Agus

Andreas Neumann wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> Thanks for clarification.
>
> I had a look at the LizardTech webpage
> (http://www.lizardtech.com/download/) and couldn't find a source code
> release to download and compile for gdal support. Would I have to download
> a SDK (requires registration first?)
>
> Does it also properly support 64bit Linux?
>
> The problem with many of those free/but closed source apps is that they
> usually only support mainstream platforms (usually 32 bit Intel Linux) -
> they wouldn't support PowerPC/ARM, 64 bit/AMD Linux support. For the same
> reason I don't like Flash and Acrobat. They usually also support only
> mainstream platforms.
>
> Andreas
>
> On Thu, April 2, 2009 6:14 am, Alex Mandel wrote:
>   
>> Reading threw several threads it kept coming up and I thought I'd try to
>> clarify from what I know.
>>
>>     
>> MrSID is free to use, as with many linux distro's it's not part of the
>> defualt build of say gdal because it's not open source. But it is indeed
>> free just like acrobat or flash or an of those "non-free" apps.
>> This is what I understand from listening to MPG who I believe works for
>> lizardtech (which is an OSGeo sponsor).
>>
>> Maybe we can offer up a 2nd build via launchpad for the "non-free"
>> version of gdal build with support turned on.
>>
>> Alex
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