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Re: [technology-pmc] [CQ 8941] SZIP 2.1
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Wayne,
It's +1 from me was well. I saw yours already and had no objections. Therefor I did not reply immediately.
-Gunnar
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> Am 16.04.2015 um 14:07 schrieb Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> PMC members:
>
> We need your input on this!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 15/04/15 01:53 PM, Wayne Beaton wrote:
>> +1
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> On 15/04/15 10:56 AM, Jay Jay Billings wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Sharon has asked if you will review our email discussion below and express your opinion on what we should do about the SZip CQ.
>>>
>>> SZip is an optional dependency of HDF5. There are some issues with its license as Sharon describes below. We could use HDF5 without it. Sharon suggests that a Workswith Dependency might be appropriate.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jay
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Sharon Corbett <sharon.corbett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 10:49 AM
>>> Subject: RE: [CQ 8941] SZIP 2.1
>>> To: Jay Jay Billings <jayjaybillings@xxxxxxxxx>, emo-ip-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Jay:
>>>
>>> Perhaps it can be categorized as a Workswith Dependency. If so, we keep the CQ and process it as such without review.
>>>
>>>
>>> We will need PMC to discuss/vote on the matter. Can you please start that discussion if it has not already happened.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sharon
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Jay Jay Billings [mailto:jayjaybillings@xxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: April-15-15 10:38 AM
>>> To: emo-ip-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: [CQ 8941] SZIP 2.1
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, I should have written more, but I'm also on a hangout with the Science Working Group Steering Committee.
>>>
>>> We can use HDF5 without SZIP and I normally do. If that would address the concerns, we could just close the CQ out with that resolution and it would work just fine for us.
>>>
>>> Those are libraries that someone would only use if they wanted to do a custom build on their own computer to enable file compression.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Jay Jay Billings <jayjaybillings@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sharon,
>>>
>>> Actually, SZIP is optional and we could use HDF5 without it.
>>>
>>> See "External Libraries Used by HDF5" at
>>>
>>>
>>> https://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 10:22 AM, <emo-ip-team@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> http://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8941
>>>
>>>
>>> Sharon Corbett <sharon.corbett@xxxxxxxxxxx> changed:
>>>
>>> What |Removed |Added
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> CC| |sharon.corbett@xxxxxxxxxxx,
>>> | |jayjaybillings@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Severity|new |awaiting_committer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Comment #5 from Sharon Corbett <sharon.corbett@xxxxxxxxxxx> 2015-04-15 10:22:27 ---
>>> Hi Anna/Jay:
>>>
>>> As you know, HDF5 is available with the SZIP compression library but SZIP is
>>> not part of HDF5 and has separate copyright and license terms [1] and [2].
>>>
>>> According to preliminary review, the applicable license(s) has not been used
>>> before at Eclipse and not likely to be approved by virtue of the fact that it
>>> pre-seeds a commercial licensing program.
>>>
>>> Is there an alternative available? Have you discussed this dependency with
>>> PMC?
>>>
>>> Sorry not to have better news concerning its redistribution from ICE.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sharon
>>>
>>> [1] www.hdfgroup.org/doc_resource/SZIP/
>>> [2] https://www.hdfgroup.org/doc_resource/SZIP/Commercial_szip.html
>>>
>>>
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