On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Charles Plessy
<plessy@debian.org> wrote:
Le Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 03:24:22PM +0100, Jose Luis Blanco a écrit :
>
> This software for the detection of invariant keypoints is being made
> available for individual research use only. Any commercial use or any
> redistribution of this software requires a license from the University
> of British Columbia.
Dear Jose,
this license actually clearly forbid redistribution of the program if one does
not obtain a commercial licence. Debian can not redistribute it, even in the
non-free section of its archive.
If you really feel like packaging it, you can contact the authors and/or the
copyright holder to obtain a relicencing or an exemption for Debian that would
make it suitable for a redistribution in "non-free".
But even in that case, I would advise avoiding using this software without a
proper IP agreement, even for research: one may become unable to commercially
exploit any discovery made with the patented method. And there is at least on
precedent where doing non-profit research was considered commercial
exploitation as it can help to attract sutdents who pay to enter the
university.
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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