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> As I wrote, if thousands of developpers can understand what they talk about
> when they mention "Linux" I think we can manage to use "ImageJ" for several
> related things without any risk of damage
>
> Le dim. 13 juin 2021 à 15:48, Herbie <
[hidden email]> a écrit :
>
>> Thanks Christophe!
>>
>> "Regarding ownership of the ImageJ name, to my knowledge ImageJ1 (the
>> software created and developed by Wayne) is and has always been public
>> domain."
>>
>> -- First, ImageJ1 is not the name Wayne used for the software he developed.
>>
>> -- Second and legal questions aside, isn't it simply a question of fairness
>> (especially in science) to not use the name of a renowned piece of
>> scientific software for a whole group of software that was in great part
>> (MB) not written by its author?
>>
>> Apart from that and as I wrote before, it is generally not a good idea to
>> (later) use a specific term (ImageJ as a single stand-alone software)
>> _also_
>> as a generic term (ImageJ as "software ecosystem" comprising differently
>> named stand-alone software products) in the same field.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Herbie
>>
>> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>>
>> lechristophe wrote
>>> Some elements here from a question you aksed in Image.sc about ImageJ
>>> trademarking in 2015
>>>
https://forum.image.sc/t/imagej-trademark-of-uw-madison/433>>>
>>> Regarding the logo, the original thread about a new logo and the contest
>>> is
>>> here from the end of 2017:
>>>
https://forum.image.sc/t/contest-new-imagej-logo/8485>>>
>>> there's another thread with the voting process that lead to the choice of
>>> the current logo.
>>>
>>> Christophe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le dim. 13 juin 2021 à 10:39, Christophe Leterrier <
>>
>>> christophe.leterrier@
>>
>>>> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> 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 <
>>
>>> l16@
>>
>>> > a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>>
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