From f13fc4d78580b0bf4151f0abd0a2c286765dfbfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathis Rosenhauer Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:58:24 +0200 Subject: Rename file to avoid confusion with libaec license --- Makefile.am | 2 +- README | 4 ++-- README.md | 4 ++-- doc/license.txt | 55 ------------------------------------------------------- doc/patent.txt | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/license.txt create mode 100644 doc/patent.txt diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 58c6899..1da7c08 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 SUBDIRS = src tests -EXTRA_DIST = doc/license.txt CMakeLists.txt cmake/config.h.in \ +EXTRA_DIST = doc/patent.txt CMakeLists.txt cmake/config.h.in \ cmake/macros.cmake README.SZIP Copyright.txt data sampledata = 121B2TestData diff --git a/README b/README index 4ecae6f..5e0f494 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ System Standard documents 121.0-B-2 [1] and 120.0-G-2[2]. ********************************************************************** - Patents + Patent ********************************************************************** -In doc/license.txt a clarification on potentially applying +In doc/patent.txt a clarification on potentially applying intellectual property rights is given. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b8e0340..6b0817e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ defined in the Space Data System Standard documents [121.0-B-2][1] and Source code and binary installer can be [downloaded here](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/k202009/libaec/tags). -## Patents +## Patent -In [license.txt](doc/license.txt) a clarification on potentially +In [patent.txt](doc/patent.txt) a statement on potentially applying intellectual property rights is given. ## Installation diff --git a/doc/license.txt b/doc/license.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b729d20..0000000 --- a/doc/license.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Lossless Data Compression,Recommended Standard, Issue 2, MAy 2012, CCSDS, 121.0-B-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -License Considerations, Section A3, page 37 - -With respect to this issue we got the following information from the aforementioned -NASA contact: - -From: Geurts, Bryan A. (GSFC-1401) -Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:14 PM -To: Yeh, Pen-Shu (GSFC-5670) -Subject: RE: Need help from you again - -Pen-Shu, - -The license agreement with ICs, LLC, for Patent Numbers US 5,448,642, -US 5,687,255 and US 5,822,457, has been terminated effective March 31, -2009. NASA has no other licensee of these patents. It is NASA's intent -to not pay the remaining maintenance fees owing on these patents, -thereby allowing them to eventually become abandoned, and to not -enforce the patents. - -If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. - -Bryan A. Geurts -Chief Patent Counsel -NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -Code 140.1, 8800 Greenbelt Road -Greenbelt, MD 20771 -Phone: (301) 286-7352 -Fax: (301) 286-9502 - -Reassuring this information in August 2012 because of the license -considerations in the above referenced CCSDS standard: - -From: Geurts, Bryan A. (GSFC-1401) -Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 10:36 AM -To: Luis Kornblueh -Subject: RE: Patent 5448642 - -Dear Mr. Kornblueh - -Per my email cited above, NASA has no interest in licensing or -maintaining US Patent No. 5448642 and therefore has no objection to -your use of its teachings and claims. However, while NASA has -effectively abandoned this patent, any use of the subject matter is at -your own risk and NASA cannot warrant that its use will satisfy your -particular needs or that your use will not infringe on another's -intellectual property rights. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -The cited CCSDS standard does not refer to any other intellectual property rights. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ diff --git a/doc/patent.txt b/doc/patent.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c49e4bb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/patent.txt @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +------------------------------------------------------------------- +Lossless Data Compression, Recommended Standard, Issue 2, May 2012, +CCSDS 121.0-B-2 +------------------------------------------------------------------- +Patent Considerations, Section A3, page 37 + +With respect to this issue we got the following information from +NASA's Chief Patent Counsel: + +From: Geurts, Bryan A. (GSFC-1401) +Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:14 PM +To: Yeh, Pen-Shu (GSFC-5670) +Subject: RE: Need help from you again + +Pen-Shu, + +The license agreement with ICs, LLC, for Patent Numbers US 5,448,642, +US 5,687,255 and US 5,822,457, has been terminated effective March 31, +2009. NASA has no other licensee of these patents. It is NASA's intent +to not pay the remaining maintenance fees owing on these patents, +thereby allowing them to eventually become abandoned, and to not +enforce the patents. + +If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. + +Bryan A. Geurts +Chief Patent Counsel +NASA Goddard Space Flight Center +Code 140.1, 8800 Greenbelt Road +Greenbelt, MD 20771 +Phone: (301) 286-7352 +Fax: (301) 286-9502 + +Reassuring this information in August 2012 because of the patent +considerations in the above referenced CCSDS standard: + +From: Geurts, Bryan A. (GSFC-1401) +Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 10:36 AM +To: Luis Kornblueh +Subject: RE: Patent 5448642 + +Dear Mr. Kornblueh + +Per my email cited above, NASA has no interest in licensing or +maintaining US Patent No. 5448642 and therefore has no objection to +your use of its teachings and claims. However, while NASA has +effectively abandoned this patent, any use of the subject matter is at +your own risk and NASA cannot warrant that its use will satisfy your +particular needs or that your use will not infringe on another's +intellectual property rights. + +------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The cited CCSDS standard does not refer to any other intellectual +property rights. + +------------------------------------------------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3