Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently the Exiv2 project is not being list as an active package of the open invention network. This imposes a theoretical risk for patent infringement issues.
Describe the solution you'd like
In order to avoid patent infringement topics in the future one possible solutions might be to join the open invention network where many well known companies are contribution members such as Canon Inc. The Open Invention Network (OIN) is the largest patent non-aggression community in history and supports freedom of action in Linux as a key element of Open Source Software (OSS). Further reasons to join OIN are listed here: https://openinventionnetwork.com/about-us/why-oin/
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Additional context
Within the linux system definition there are many libraries and image format listed which are potentially of interest to the Exiv2 project:
. 411 still image
2. Berkeley YUV still image
3. BMP still image
4. Cineon still image
5. GIF still image
6. GOULD imaging still image
7. ICO still image
8. ILBM still image
9. JBIG still image
10. MNG still image
11. PBM/PGM/PPM/PNM still image
12. PBM/PNM/PPM still image
13. PCD still image
14. PCL5 still image
15. PCL still image
16. PCX still image
17. PNG still image
18. PNM/PPM still image
19. PSD still image
20. PS/EPS/Postscript still image
21. RAS still image
22. Raw CMYK still image
23. RAW still image
24. SVG still image
25. TGA still image
26. TIFF still image
27. XBM/XPM still image
28. XCF still image
29. XWD still image
30. YUV still image
31. 669/S3M/MOD audio format
32. ADPCM audio
33. AIFF audio
34. AU audio
35. FLAC audio codec
36. IMA ADPCM audio
37. LPCM audio
38. RIFF/WAV audio
Furthermore, there are couple of libraries and software applications which are listed in the Linux system definition which are linked or similar to Exiv2:
- digikam
- digikamimageplugins
- f-spot
- gimp
- gphoto2
- ghtumb
- libgphoto
- libkexif
- ufraw
- libwebp
- glitz
- imlib2-loaders
- inkscape
- jhead
- libjpeg
- libjpeg-turbo
- libmng
- libpng
- librsvg2
- libtiff
- libxcam
- ocrad
- OpenEXR
- ply-image
- python-imaging
- subsampling-scale-image-view
- tiff
- xloadimage
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Some examples of projects which have joined OIN are:
- Gnome
- Inkscape
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