From: himanshu singh on
Walter Roberson <roberson(a)hushmail.com> wrote in message <jLTvl.49147$l71.44964(a)newsfe23.iad>...
> sabeena naushad wrote:
> > If anyone has matlab code for JPEG2000 please send me through my email
> > It will be very helpful if you could help me.
>
> JPEG2000 is subject to several patents. Some of the patent holders have waved
> royalty fees for use of the code with JPEG2000, but other patent holders
> have not. I have not yet found a list of which patents have their royalties
> waved and which ones require that royalties be paid under what circumstances.
>
> Historically, it has not been uncommon for -decoding- to be royalty free
> in compression programs, but that fees have had to be paid for -encoding-
> programs. *Including*, in some cases, student programs.
>
> I would thus not expect that anyone would send you JPEG2000 code in Matlab,
> due to the patent issues.