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Stéfan van der Walt  
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 More options Feb 1 2012, 6:19 pm
From: Stéfan van der Walt <ste...@sun.ac.za>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:19:24 -0800
Local: Wed, Feb 1 2012 6:19 pm
Subject: Re: Feature Extraction
Hi Jérôme

2012/2/1 Jérôme Kieffer <goo...@terre-adelie.org>:

> I wonder if you know "IPOL": http://www.ipol.im
> They publish articles on image processing, featuring implementations (in C/C++).

Thanks, interesting site.

> I made bindings for their SIFT and SURF feature extractions & image alignment (only 2 img for now). My cython code could be released under BSD if you wish ... but beside this I don't know the license of (all) the original C++ code:
> "The implementation of IPOL algorithms is distributed under a free software license, usually GPL, AGPL, LGPL or BSD."
> It also includes Eigen:
> Eigen is Free Software. It is licensed under the LGPL3+. As an alternative license choice, Eigen is also licensed under the GPL2+.

> So LGPL3 seems to be the most permissive license achievable :-/
> If it does not make sense for skimage ... I will release it elsewhere but it can interest some of yours.

As far as I'm aware, the LGPL does not have the same viral properties,
but I don't know what the implications are of linking to such code in
a BSD project and I'd rather steer clear for safety.

I'd like to incorporating this code into skimage:

http://pr.willowgarage.com/wiki/Star_Detector

Regards
Stéfan


 
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