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

[Aaron Kiely]

I know of no patent/licensing issues apart from the one Pen-Shu  
mentioned (which I was not previously aware of).

Should I write back to Kornblueh to let him know that the standard  
should be open and available for his use, or such a message supposed  
to come from the Secretariat?

Aaron



On Jan 12, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Yeh, Pen-Shu (GSFC-567.0) wrote:

> 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"
>
> ///a
>
> 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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>>> --------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-----------------------------
>>>
>>> Luis Kornblueh                           Tel. : +49-40-41173289
>>> Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology     Fax. : +49-40-41173298
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>>> D-20146 Hamburg                   Email: luis.kornblueh at zmaw.de
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>>> _______________________________________________
>
>