[vtkusers] Problem with vtkClipPolyData

[Bill Lorensen]

Sean,

LGPL is not compatible with the VTK license. The best we could do is
make it easy for users to build it, possibly as an optional download.
We do this in itk with some 3rd party FFT lib, although I don't think
we have done a good job of it. git may offer us a good way to share
valuable vtk and itk journal apps. I know that Stephen Aylward is
looking into a better IJ code sharing process as part of his ITKv4
work.

Another alternative is to try and convince the 3rd party developers to
change their license.

I'll bring it up at the next VTK arb meeting.

Bill

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Sean McBride <sean at rogue-research.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 14:18:31 -0400, Bill Lorensen said:
>
>>You are correct. vtk does not have a PolyData/PolyData clipper. The
>>article suggested by Eric works great and is easy to build. It does
>>rely on third party libraries that are LGPLed, so keep that in mind.
>
> Bill,
>
> What are the prospects of getting that VTK Journal submission into VTK?
>
> Would GTS' use of the LGPL be a problem?  Would there be a problem
> having yet another 3rd party lib in VTK?  (I'd never heard about GTS,
> but I poked around their website and it looks to me that the project is
> not at all active.)
>
> Thanks,
>
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