[Insight-users] Patented code in ITK?

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Gavin,

	Just enter "site:www.itk.org patented insight-users" in your google search:

http://216 . 239 . 57 . 100/search?q=cache:QvXKVVV-husJ:www . itk . org/pipermail/insight-users/2003-March/002718 . html++site:www . itk . org+patented+insight-users&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8

;)
mathieu

Gavin Baker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It has been brought to my attention that there may exist some patented code
> in ITK; specifically mentioned was itk::BinaryMask3DMeshSource.
> 
> To verify, I grepped the entire ITK source tree.  The only occurence of the
> word 'patent'was in README.html, which simply states that any patented code
> will appear in the Insight/Code/Patented directory.  This directory does not
> exist in the source tarball, is empty in CVS, and I can see no other
> indication that any code is covered by a patent.  A google search similarly
> yielded no results.
> 
> Can we please have an official answer on the following:
> 
> - Does there exist any patented code in ITK?
> - If so, which classes/files?
> - What are the licensing conditions?
> - What is the policy for including patented code in ITK?
> - What is the policy for identifying patented code in ITK?
> 
> I need to resolve these issues for the Debian packaging, though I'm sure the
> issue is widely relevant.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>   :: Gavin
> 


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