Hi Pasi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
It looks like with BioImageXD we are definitely going over to Java in
the end of the year. We have a team that's been working on the Java
version for several months already, and so far we have encountered no
major problems, so it seems likely the transition will take place. We
are also building in support for Bio-Formats as we speak (into the Java
version), and that also seems to be going nicely.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Cool, please let me know if you have any questions or problems with Bio-Formats.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
About copyrights and licenses. In Finland copyright holders in the
Academia depend on the funding sources. Previously it was almost always
the researchers themselves, but there is an increasing tendency to
shift this towards the universisities having the copyrights. In the
case of BioImageXD copyrights are held by us developers for the most
part, but for some parts that are developed with a particular type of
funding we share the copyrights with the universities. For these parts
BSD is not an option, because at least my university does not accept
it. GPL, however, is ok. Therefore also the whole of BioImageXD is
under GPL. We do have the option, however, to license parts of the
software or even full parallel versions differently.<br>
This is the situation right now. We are currently undergoing
negotiations for continued funding that may imply different strategies,
and also the legal position of the universities in Finland in general
is about to change later this year. So next year the situation may
already be different.<br>
All in all juggling with all the different rules and regulations and funding sources is a pretty tough job at times...<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Yep, licensing is a pain. Bio-Formats also must stay GPL, which unfortunately will make it challenging to distribute with ITK.<br><br>-Curtis<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Pasi Kankaanpää <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pkanka@utu.fi">pkanka@utu.fi</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all,<br>
<br>
Without going into any details just a couple of quick comments:<br>
<br>
It looks like with BioImageXD we are definitely going over to Java in the end of the year. We have a team that's been working on the Java version for several months already, and so far we have encountered no major problems, so it seems likely the transition will take place. We are also building in support for Bio-Formats as we speak (into the Java version), and that also seems to be going nicely.<br>
<br>
About copyrights and licenses. In Finland copyright holders in the Academia depend on the funding sources. Previously it was almost always the researchers themselves, but there is an increasing tendency to shift this towards the universisities having the copyrights. In the case of BioImageXD copyrights are held by us developers for the most part, but for some parts that are developed with a particular type of funding we share the copyrights with the universities. For these parts BSD is not an option, because at least my university does not accept it. GPL, however, is ok. Therefore also the whole of BioImageXD is under GPL. We do have the option, however, to license parts of the software or even full parallel versions differently.<br>
This is the situation right now. We are currently undergoing negotiations for continued funding that may imply different strategies, and also the legal position of the universities in Finland in general is about to change later this year. So next year the situation may already be different.<br>
All in all juggling with all the different rules and regulations and funding sources is a pretty tough job at times...<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Pasi Kankaanpää<br>
BXD design lead<br>
</blockquote></div><br>