[Qgis-user] Raster data formats

[Micha Silver]

Alex Mandel wrote:

> I wonder if we can create an archive like the ubuntu non-free and stick
> a gdal-build in there with at least MrSID support, allowing people to
> optionally replace the one on their system.
>
>   
Alex:
Thanks for bringing up this suggestion again.  Agus and I have bantered 
back and forth on this question, and I think that the bottom line is we 
need someone (that proverbial "someone") to make non-free packages of 
gdal with support enabled for ecw and mrsid.
Their licensing permits using the libraries, just not distributing them. 
So, while qgis.org cannot distribute a binary linked to ecw libs,  a 
private user *can* agree to their license and use them. I can't see any 
difference between that and i.e. audio codecs.
<Adding the usual IANAL disclamer>
-- 
Micha

> Not sure if this get's us out of the legal mess though.
>
> Alex
>
> Agustin Lobo wrote:
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