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Re: A formal question re ImageJ2

Posted by Herbie-4 on Nov 15, 2014; 9:51am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/creating-a-real-blank-image-tp5010383p5010458.html

Many thanks Curtis!

The <http://imagej.net/Licensing> overview is very helpful to get an
impression. However, the footnote regarding ImagJ1 is less clear but it
explains why...

In any case, the license of ImagJ1 and that of ImagJ2 are fundamentally
different.

Thanks again and best regards

Herbie

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On 15.11.14 00:02, Curtis Rueden wrote:

> Hi Herbie,
>
>> I need to know whether plain ImageJ2 (not Fiji with its additional
>> plugins) is open source in exactly the same legal sense as plain
>> ImageJ1?
>
> Like most of the SciJava software projects [1], ImageJ2 uses the Simplified
> BSD License [2], one of the most popular permissive OSS licenses. It makes
> only one stipulation: that derivative works retain the copyright notice,
> for purposes of provenance tracking and citation.
>
> We have been very careful to track the origin of all source code in the
> projects, including dependencies, to ensure that all stated licenses are
> indeed valid.
>
> The following newly minted wiki page summarizes everything, including a
> discussion of ImageJ 1.x's copyright status:
>
> * http://imagej.net/Licensing
>
> These pages may be informative as well:
>
> * http://choosealicense.com/
> *
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
> [1] http://imagej.net/SciJava
> [2] http://imagej.net/BSD
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Herbie <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Curtis and those who are in the know,
>>
>> for good reasons I need to know whether plain ImageJ2 (not Fiji with its
>> additional plugins) is open source in exactly the same legal sense as plain
>> ImageJ1?
>>
>> With "plain ImageJ2" I mean the software that provides about the same
>> functionality as ImageJ1.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Herbie
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