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Dear all,
As a long-time user of ImageJ (I'd say since 2004-ish), I saw ImageJ
branching out several times with initiatives such as Fiji (which I have
used for a decade), ImageJ2 (which in my understanding kinda morphed into
an alternative, unfininished back-end within ImageJ1), sometimes
corresponding to funding efforts. I know about other "branches" such as
ImageJFX but I don't know them well and they seem less developed.
Regarding Fiji, I have read some make the parallel with a Linux
distribution, Fiji being an ImageJ "distribution". I think this is an
interesting analogy as "Linux" today can mean the kernel or something from
the whole ecosystem (whether or not sanctionned by the original creator)?
Regarding ownership of the ImageJ name, to my knowledge ImageJ1 (the
software created and developed by Wayne) is and has always been public
domain. I don't know enough about licenses to be sure what kind of
derivative it allows, but in my understanding it is quite flexible.
Christophe
Le sam. 12 juin 2021 à 13:03, Herbie <
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> Dear listers,
>
> in the sequel to my previous question posted to this list
> <Bad URL Removed - see why -
>
https://ees.sps.nih.gov/services/Pages/Anti-Virus.aspx?A2=ind2106&L=IMAGEJ&P=R8899> >,
> Kevin Eliceiri immediately provided some information regarding recent
> terminological changes.
> Because his reply to my original question didn't make it to the list
> yet, and because the further email-exchange happened off-list, I should
> like to post my understanding of the situation.
>
> 1.
> A longstanding fact is that Wayne Rasband conceptualized, implemented
> and continuously extends and maintains the scientific image processing
> software that he named "ImageJ" nearly 25 years ago.
> (I can't remember that he ever termed it differently.)
>
> 2.
> Only recently however, "ImageJ" appears being used in either a different
> or a much wider sense (see the attachments to my previous post).
> From Kevin Eliceiri I now learned that here "ImageJ" stands for what he
> calls the "ImageJ ecosystem" that includes all "ImageJ elements" such as
> "IJ1, IJ2 and FIJI".
>
> ----------------------------------------
> I feel that it is not a good idea to use "ImageJ" as both, a specific
> _as well as_ a generic term, and I'm pretty sure that such usage will
> puzzle not only me.
>
> Did Wayne Rasband agree with the "extended" meaning and usage of
> "ImageJ", the name he gave to the software that he developed?
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Apart from that, I'm surprised that IJ1 (that I understand is Wayne
> Rasband's ImageJ) or Fiji, both stand-alone software, should be regarded
> as elements of ImageJ.
>
> All opinions welcome...
>
> Herbie
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