[ros-dev] libjpeg

[D. Hazelton]

On Friday 30 December 2005 03:44, Casper Hornstrup wrote:
> No problem here. JPEG is complex and I doubt we can find a significant
> smaller implementation. Which parts are patented and in which countries?
> Can you disable the parts that is covered by patents by default like we do
> with freetype?

As far as I know the IJPG implementation (that is, the International JPEG 
group) - which is used by MS as well as all GNU systems - is totally free and 
clear. It is covered by something similar to the GPL and, IIRC, all you need 
to do is include a copy of the license and state that you are using the 
license. MS does this and, of course, Linux and BSD and all other OS 
operating systems include all the docs from the source distro as well as, in 
most cases, including the complete source.

D.R.H.