levigo / jbig2-imageio

A Java ImageIO plugin for the JBIG2 bi-level image format
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Include licensing information about T-REC-T.88 bitstreams #51

Open hennejg opened 7 years ago

hennejg commented 7 years ago

The code base includes sample bitstreams that haven been transcribed from the T-REC-T.88 specification. The intellectual property is wholly owned by the International Telecommunication Union. The ITU has kindly permitted us to use the bitstreams, as long as the following information is included with the source code.

The compliance checking files provided with this package contain information which has been extracted from Recommendation ITU-T T.88 "Information technology – Lossy/lossless coding of bi-level images" (2000/02) of the International Telecommunication Union (“ITU Information”), as found in http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-T.88-200002-I/en.

The extraction and use of ITU Information has been made under license from International Telecommunication Union (“ITU”), which owns all property rights (including intellectual property rights) to Recommendation ITU-T T.88 (2000/02). This ITU Information is made available to everyone for free and may be used for non-commercial purposes; for any other use please contact ITU at sales@itu.int. The sole responsibility for extracting the ITU Information and the responsibility for any errors or deficiencies in the package lies exclusively with [creator of package]. ITU is not involved in the development of the package or the extraction and use of ITU Information contained therein.