Public bug reported: Binary package hint: autopano-sift
Please remove ‘autopano-sift’ from the ‘universe’ repository (and move it to Medibuntu if possible). The scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) algorithm used by ‘autopano-sift’ is patented in United States (see [1] and [2]) by the University of British Columbia and therefore cannot be freely used there. __________ 1. http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~nowozin/autopano-sift/#download 2. http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=6711293&KC=&FT=E ** Affects: autopano-sift (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- SIFT algorithm is patented in US https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550255 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
