- WHAT HAPPENED TO MY OSIRIX LITE CT I UPLOADED MANUALS
- WHAT HAPPENED TO MY OSIRIX LITE CT I UPLOADED UPGRADE
It’s a whole other question as to whether they can after-the-fact control what has already been shared with the open source community. Pixmeo has the right to do whatever it wants to the license of the new code that they developed. We don’t believe that is what open source is really about!Ĭan Pixmeo take an open source project and close it?
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By cloaking themselves in the open source movement, they were able to effectively market their product. We’re not sure Pixmeo ever really believed in open source. But since version 5.9 no source code has been made available to the community. Open source requires you place the source code into the community.They are available now only in the paid version. But newer versions of OsiriX have features and functions removed. Open source does not permit the removal of prior open source features.But Pixmeo now restricts your ability to redistribute its software. Open source software may always be redistributed free from restrictions.But Pixmeo now restricts your ability to modify OsiriX per their license agreement. Open source software may always be modified by the user.But Pixmeo has always charged for theirs and doesn’t permit redistribution.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO MY OSIRIX LITE CT I UPLOADED MANUALS
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY OSIRIX LITE CT I UPLOADED UPGRADE
What Pixmeo has now done officially, is what it had been doing in effect with its last three versions - delivering a free-use but reduced-function version of its product as an inducement to upgrade to its paid MD product. According to its new license agreement (reprinted below and notably flawed in its legal construction), while you can use the OsiriX Lite version that Pixmeo provides for download without charge, you are no longer permitted to modify, copy or distribute the OsiriX program. What that means to OsiriX users worldwide is that OsiriX is no longer part of the open source community. On Friday the 13 th (interpret the date as you wish) of March 2015, Pixmeo SARL released Version 6.5 of OsiriX, this time without opening the product to the community under an open source license. Our industry just passed an unfortunate but significant milestone in the world of medical image viewing.
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When OsiriX moves from open to closed source, what does that mean for users?