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How is this different from competitors? #81

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I see at least 2 other projects that are like yours:
- http://sourceforge.jp/projects/nyartoolkit-and/
- http://code.google.com/p/andar/

They are offering commercial licensing too, which I don't see featured on your 
site.
How do you differentiate yourself?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gabor.be...@gmail.com on 14 Mar 2011 at 1:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi,

thanks for reporting the issue.

As far as I know, both andar and nyartoolkit are based on marker-recognition 
techniques , whereas mixare is GPS (location) based.

If, as you say, they offer commercial licensing (dual licensing) then there is 
another difference since mixare is a truly Free Open Source Software project, 
i.e. no one has to sign a contribution agreement nor  copyright assignement. 
Therefore the license cannot be changed unless all the single contributors 
agree on  a new one. This is the best guarantee to a healthy community IMO.

I am closing this issue but invite you to discuss further on the mailing list ( 
http://groups.google.com/group/mixare-development ).

Original comment by mixare.org on 14 Mar 2011 at 2:10