[vtkusers] Re: VTKIT

Goodwin Lawlor goodwin.lawlor at ucd.ie
Mon May 9 10:40:03 EDT 2005


Hi Jeremy,

> Just curious--is that because the patents are expiring,
> or because the patent holders have agreed to relinquish
> their rights?

Bit of both... Kitware aren't patenting their synchronized template
algorithm (which has recently moved from vtkPatented) and the marching cubes
patent expires this summer.

Goodwin






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