[sldev] Vivox and Kakadu licensing issues.

[Boy Lane]

I had a look at the mentioned KDU license that allows certain executables to 
be distributed and used for non-commercial projects. However this license 
seems to be for a complete different software package that is not identical 
with the one used in the SL client. So I assume here we can almost certainly 
say the KDU library used in the viewer is not redistributable and packaging 
it with a client is not legal (if done by someone else than LL). Correct me 
if I am wrong :).

"http://www.kakadusoftware.com/Downloads.html

read :Copyright is owned by NewSouth Innovations Proprietary Ltd, commercial 
arm of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. You are free to 
play around with these executables and even to re-distribute them, so long 
as such use or re-distribution is accompanied this copyright notice and is 
not for commercial gain. Note: Binaries can only be used for non-commercial 
purposes. If in doubt please contact Dr. Taubman."

List of files (Win32):
11/28/2008 18:45 94,208 kdu_buffered_compress.exe

11/28/2008 18:45 94,208 kdu_buffered_expand.exe

11/28/2008 18:45 233,472 kdu_compress.exe

11/28/2008 18:45 192,512 kdu_expand.exe

11/28/2008 18:46 81,920 kdu_maketlm.exe

11/28/2008 18:46 237,568 kdu_merge.exe

11/28/2008 18:46 262,144 kdu_render.exe

11/28/2008 18:46 204,800 kdu_server.exe

11/28/2008 18:46 188,416 kdu_server_admin.exe

11/28/2008 18:47 520,192 kdu_show.exe

11/28/2008 18:47 90,112 kdu_transcode.exe

11/28/2008 18:43 565,248 kdu_v61R.dll

11/28/2008 18:47 110,592 kdu_v_compress.exe

11/28/2008 18:47 122,880 kdu_v_expand.exe

04/26/2009 11:09 0 test.txt

11/25/2008 10:58 96,745 Usage_Examples.txt


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boy Lane" <boy.lane at yahoo.com>
To: "Teravus Ovares" <teravus at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [sldev] Vivox and Kakadu licensing issues.


> Thanks Teravus,
>
> Certainly it's a licensing issue but one with a heavy technical impact 
> that affects all 3rd part viewers.
>
> We need someone from LL to answer that question here, it's no big deal. 
> Just a yes or no if
> a) KDU can be distributed or not
> b) Vivox can be distributed or not
>
> Boy
>