[argyllcms] Re: "non free" license for doc/SG_header.txt file
- From: Frederic Crozat <fred@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:44:32 +0200
2012/6/26 Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Frederic Crozat wrote:
>> our legal team noticed the file doc/SG_header.txt which contains the
>> following text:
>> DESCRIPTOR "The data in this file is reported in CIE L* a* b* data for
>> illuminant D50 and 2 degree observer and is being supplied by X-Rite, Inc.
>> This
>> information can be used for personal and educational but not for commercial
>> purposes without license from X-rite, Inc."
>>
>> This is a bit problematic (even if I'm guessing it was extraction from
>> a "real file". Do you think it is ok to remove the "and is being
>> supplied by X-Rite... without license from X-rite, Inc." since,
>> according to doc/Scenarios.html, it is to create a file based on user
>> data (and not X-Rite data) ?
>
> Hi,
> well, the file is a component that is intended to be assembled by
> the user into a final file. When assembled, the statements are correct
> (the data is being supplied by X-Rite, as the user has downloaded the
> data from X-Rite), but since the header and footer are components
> not yet assembled, the statements do not apply to themselves.
>
> I'll substitute the attached file in future to reduce confusion.
Thanks, it will be helpful, I'll integrate this file in our package to
make legal team happy (even if Florian analysis does indeed explain
this stuff more clearly that I stated).
--
Frederic Crozat
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