[Moims-ipr] RE: [Secretariat] Information request ...

[Yeh, Pen-Shu (GSFC-567.0)]

Adrian and Aaron:

The extension-2 option in one of the algorithm options (the low-entropy
option out of all the available options) in 121.0-B-1 has a US patent in
place but not international. I have requested that be released a few
years ago, but was not resolved. This is something that I intend to
resolve and is on my list of to-do. Will get back to you on its status
soon.  But for international users, there is no restriction even now.
And some users have chosen not to implement this option (the standard
allows users to implement whatever option they want to use).

Thanks for the information.

Penshu




-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian J. Hooke [mailto:adrian.j.hooke at jpl.nasa.gov] 
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:39 AM
To: Kiely, Aaron B; Yeh, Pen-Shu (GSFC-567.0)
Cc: CCSDS Engineering Steering Group - ADs; moims-ipr at mailman.ccsds.org
Subject: Re: [Secretariat] Information request ...

Pen-Shu, Aaron: unless either of you has applied for IP rights, this 
should be fully open and available for his use. We should, of course, 
insist on proper reference and credit. This is an interesting 
meteorological application and the MOIMS-IPR people should be aware of
it:

http://www.eumetsat.int/HOME/Main/Access_to_Data/Meteosat_Meteorological
_Products/BUFR___GRIB2/index.htm?l=en

"GRIB (GRIdded Binary) is WMO's standard binary format for exchanging 
gridded data. GRIB Edition 2 is an extension of GRIB, with a much 
higher degree of flexibility and expandability. The expanded name of 
this code form is "General Regularly-distributed Information in 
Binary form". It is an efficient vehicle for transmitting large 
volumes of gridded data to automated centres over high-speed 
telecommunication lines using modern protocols. GRIB 2 can equally 
well serve as a data storage format, generating the same efficiencies 
relative to information storage and retrieval devices"

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At 10:15 AM 1/12/2009, CCSDS Secretariat wrote:

> >Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:28:13 +0100
> >From: Luis Kornblueh <luis.kornblueh at zmaw.de>
> >User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080421)
> >To: secretariat at mailman.ccsds.org
> >
> >Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> >
> >I would like to ask for information about the copyrights, licenses,
> >and patents involved with respect to the following puplication
provided
> >by CCSDS:
> >
> >CCSDS 121.0-B-1: Lossless Data Compression. Blue Book.
> >                  Issue 1. May 1997.
> >
> >The algorithm described in this publication can be used very, very
> >efficient with WMO GRIB data and we would like to include this in
> >the GRIB2 standard. But for this, all legal constraints must be
known.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Luis Kornblueh
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