[Openicc] monitor profiling

[Hal V. Engel]

On Thursday 22 February 2007 16:23, Graeme Gill wrote:
> Jordi Canton wrote:
> > I was just surfing looking for information about this specific device
> > when I Found the following GPL licensed software called HCFR Colormeter
> > that already supports Spyder2.
>
> I think you'll find that it supports the Spyder2 by using Datacolor's
> MSWindows SDK for their instrument, therefore even though the
> HCFR Colormeter software is GPL, the support for the Spyder2 is not.
>
> Also, the HCFR Colormeter software (at this stage) is very much oriented
> towards evaluating and adjusting projectors and TV's - it doesn't have the
> sort of ICC calibration and profile generation that is generally expected
> of display calibrators.
>
> Graeme Gill.

This software also supports the EyeOne Display.  If they are also using the 
vendors SDK to support the i1 then the software can not be legally GPL.  
Section 3.2(b) of the EyeOne and Huey SDK license agreement has a condition 
that would prevent it from being used in GPL software since this section of 
the license agreement requires any software that uses the SDK to alter their 
license in a way that makes it incompatible with any of the existing OSS 
licenses including GPL.  The alteration requires anyone wishing to 
redistribute or alter  the software to get permission from 
GreytagMacbeth/X-Rite.  I have contacted the web master and asked for a copy 
of the source code.  But like Graeme I am not too optimistic that the meter 
interface code will be of any use.

One of the interesting things is that this software was originally written to 
support a DYI color meter that you can down load the plans for from the web 
site.  They claim that it costs 20 to 30 Euros for parts to build as a one 
off and is a better instrument than the Spider2.  Kind of gives you an idea 
how inexpensive these meters are to build and how big these vendors margins 
are since building stuff like this one off is significantly more expensive 
than mass producing the same type of device.

Hal