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ECW JPEG 2000 SDK PUBLIC USE LICENSE AGREEMENT
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("EULA") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and ERM for the
ERM ECW JPEG 2000 SDK software product under this Public Use License Agreement, which includes
computer software and may include associated media, printed materials, and "online" or electronic
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The intent of this license is to establish freedom to share and change the software regulated by
this license under the open source model and is applicable to the use of the ECW JPEG 2000 SDK with
Unlimited Decompressing and Unlimited Compression for applications licensed under a GNU General
Public style license ("GPL") as set out below.
This license applies to any use of the Software Product solely intended to develop or be
distributed with products that are licensed under a license similar to a General Public License
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Software, use of third-party application programs based on the Software, and development of free
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as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. The Software Product is licensed, not
sold. Rights to use patents, including ERM's large DWT and streaming imagery patents, are given
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agree to and comply with any and all conditions in this license. Whole or partial distribution of
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a) You may copy and distribute the Software in unmodified form provided that the entire package,
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