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Le dim. 13 juin 2021 à 10:39, Christophe Leterrier <
> 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 -
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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".
>>
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>> 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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