<br><br>Bill,<br><br><br>Thanks for pointing this out.<br><br><br>I have been encouraging Hanchuan to <br>adopt an Apache 2.0 License for V3D.<br><br>Just as ITK and the ITK-V3D plugins do...<br><br>--<br><br>Hopefully your encouragement <br>
will be more effective than mine. :-)<br><br><br> Luis<br><br><br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Bill Lorensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill.lorensen@gmail.com">bill.lorensen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I am sad to see that the license:<br>
<a href="http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d/V3D/License.html" target="_blank">http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d/V3D/License.html</a><br>
has commercial restrictions.<br>
<br>
Luis,<br>
I curious if you need a special license since you work for a for-profit company.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Bill<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Luis Ibanez <<a href="mailto:luis.ibanez@kitware.com">luis.ibanez@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> Please note as well<br>
> that you can write ITK plugins for V3D.<br>
><br>
> Examples of ITK plugins are available at:<br>
> <a href="https://svn.janelia.org/penglab/projects/v3d/trunk/2010_hackathon/ITK-V3D-Plugins" target="_blank">https://svn.janelia.org/penglab/projects/v3d/trunk/2010_hackathon/ITK-V3D-Plugins</a><br>
><br>
> and in github at:<br>
> <a href="http://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITK-V3D-Plugins" target="_blank">http://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITK-V3D-Plugins</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> The Nightly Dashboard of V3D can be found at:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://my.cdash.org/index.php?project=V3D" target="_blank">http://my.cdash.org/index.php?project=V3D</a><br>
><br>
> and the builds of the ITK-V3D plugins are submitted to<br>
> the "External" section of the ITK Dashboard at:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.cdash.org/CDash/index.php?project=Insight#ITKv4_External" target="_blank">http://www.cdash.org/CDash/index.php?project=Insight#ITKv4_External</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> We anticipate that the number of ITK plugins will grow,<br>
> and that in this way we will be able to make of ITK a more<br>
> useful tool for the analysis of microscopy images.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Luis<br>
><br>
><br>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Hanchuan Peng <<a href="mailto:pengh@janelia.hhmi.org">pengh@janelia.hhmi.org</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> We are pleased to announce that a new version (v2.526) of V3D, along with<br>
>> all its source code, have been released! Download at the official website<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d/" target="_blank">http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Join the discussion forum at<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.nitrc.org/projects/v3d/" target="_blank">http://www.nitrc.org/projects/v3d/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> About V3D:<br>
>><br>
>> V3D is a handy, fast, and versatile 3D/4D/5D Image Visualization &<br>
>> Analysis System for Bioimages & Surface Objects. It also provides many<br>
>> unique functions. It is also Open Source, supports a very simple and<br>
>> powerful plugin interface and thus can be extended & enhanced easily. This<br>
>> software has recently been published in Nature Biotechnology (April 2010),<br>
>> received highlights in Nature Methods (May, 2010), Science News (April/May<br>
>> 2010), and NITRC (Aug, 2010). Developer hackathons that involved about 10<br>
>> different research labs were also held recently (July-Aug, 2010).<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> V3D is a cross-platform (Mac, Linux, and Windows) tool for visualizing<br>
>> large-scale (gigabytes, and 64-bit data) 3D, 4D and 5D image stacks and<br>
>> various surface data. It is also a container of powerful modules for 3D<br>
>> image analysis (cell segmentation, neuron tracing, brain registration,<br>
>> annotation, quantitative measurement and statistics, etc) and data<br>
>> management. This makes V3D suitable for various bioimage informatics<br>
>> applications, and a nice platform to develop new 3D image analysis<br>
>> algorithms for high-throughput processing. In short, V3D streamlines the<br>
>> workflow of visualization-assisted analysis.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> In our latest development, V3D can render 5D (spatial-temporal) data<br>
>> directly in 3D volume-rendering mode; it supports convenient and interactive<br>
>> local and global 3D views at different scales. it even has a Matlab file IO<br>
>> toolbox. Probably most importantly, you can now write your own plugins to<br>
>> take advantage of the V3D platform!<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Please contact us if you want to learn more, provide feedbacks, or become<br>
>> a part of this exciting developing team!<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> ====================================<br>
>><br>
>> Hanchuan Peng, Ph.D.,<br>
>> Janelia Farm Research Campus<br>
>> Howard Hughes Medical Institute<br>
>> 19700 Helix Drive,<br>
>> Ashburn, VA, 20147, USA.<br>
>> Tel: (+1) 571-209-4156<br>
>> Fax: (+1) 571-209-4933<br>
>> Email: <a href="mailto:pengh@janelia.hhmi.org">pengh@janelia.hhmi.org</a><br>
>><br>
>> * Peng Lab: <a href="http://penglab.janelia.org" target="_blank">http://penglab.janelia.org</a><br>
>><br>
>> * V3D lets you explore& understand your<br>
>> large 3D/4D/5D images a lot easier!<br>
>> - fast 3D+ image visualization and analysis,<br>
>> WYSIWYG, and easy plugin interface:<br>
>> <a href="http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d" target="_blank">http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d</a><br>
>><br>
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