Le Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 03:24:22PM +0100, Jose Luis Blanco a écrit : > > This software for the detection of invariant keypoints is being made > available for individual research use only. Any commercial use or any > redistribution of this software requires a license from the University > of British Columbia.
Dear Jose, this license actually clearly forbid redistribution of the program if one does not obtain a commercial licence. Debian can not redistribute it, even in the non-free section of its archive. If you really feel like packaging it, you can contact the authors and/or the copyright holder to obtain a relicencing or an exemption for Debian that would make it suitable for a redistribution in "non-free". But even in that case, I would advise avoiding using this software without a proper IP agreement, even for research: one may become unable to commercially exploit any discovery made with the patented method. And there is at least on precedent where doing non-profit research was considered commercial exploitation as it can help to attract sutdents who pay to enter the university. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
