<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello Doug,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The latest source I can find for this class is from VTK v4.4.2:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/blob/v4.4.2/Patented/vtkSweptSurface.h" class="">https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/blob/v4.4.2/Patented/vtkSweptSurface.h</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/blob/v4.4.2/Patented/vtkSweptSurface.cxx" class="">https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/blob/v4.4.2/Patented/vtkSweptSurface.cxx</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If the patent has expired for this class, I’d be happy to review a merge request that brings this class back into VTK.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class="">T.J.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 24, 2017, at 2:54 AM, scotsman60 <<a href="mailto:doug@beachmailing.com" class="">doug@beachmailing.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hello,<br class=""><br class="">I'm interested in using the functionality described in the vtkSweptSurface<br class="">class. This class was dropped around V5.4 because it was patented I believe,<br class="">however I think the patent has now expired.<br class=""><br class="">Is there any way to get this back into VTK?<br class=""><br class="">Thanx in advance,<br class=""><br class="">Doug<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Sent from: <a href="http://vtk.1045678.n5.nabble.com/VTK-Users-f1224199.html" class="">http://vtk.1045678.n5.nabble.com/VTK-Users-f1224199.html</a><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Powered by <a href="http://www.kitware.com" class="">www.kitware.com</a><br class=""><br class="">Visit other Kitware open-source projects at <a href="http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html" class="">http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html</a><br class=""><br class="">Please keep messages on-topic and check the VTK FAQ at: <a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ" class="">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ</a><br class=""><br class="">Search the list archives at: <a href="http://markmail.org/search/?q=vtkusers" class="">http://markmail.org/search/?q=vtkusers</a><br class=""><br class="">Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:<br class=""><a href="http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers" class="">http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>