[Mp4-tech] reference software ... usage other than evaluation

[Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)]

Neha,
It's usually not a good idea to try and explain a copyright header beyond
what is in the header itself. In the case you cite below, the copyright
header is pretty clear about what you *can* do with it, and rights for other
uses do not seem to be granted.
This is an MPEG-2 standard you are quoting from. It's different in MPEG-4.
The way I understand the copyright headers in the MPEG-4 reference SW,
MPEG-4 reference code may in general be used to create commercial products
as long as they are MPEG-4 compliant. 
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: neha joshi [mailto:neha_j_80 yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2023 23:55
> To: mp4-tech lists.mpegif.org
> Subject: [Mp4-tech] reference software ... usage other than evaluation
> 
> 
> Hi
>  The ISO standards contain some reference software
> code. If I want to use the reference software code to
> make a commercial product, how do I go about? 
> 
> The particular case is of the  "MSYS Toolkit  by
> Tektronix" defined in ISO/IEC TR 13818-5, It is a
> software library for parsing and
> building MPEG-2 Transport Streams. 
> 
> Neha Joshi
> 
> Mentioned below is a comment contained in its headers
> 
> /* Copyright (C) 1995, Tektronix Inc. All Rights
> Reserved.
>  *
>  *   Usage Restrictions
>  *
>  * License is granted to copy, to use, and to make and
> to use derivative
>  * works for research and evaluation purposes only.
>  *
>  *   Disclaimer of Warranty
>  *
>  * These software programs are available to the user
> without any license
>  * fee or royalty on an "as is" basis.  Tektronix Inc.
> disclaims any and
>  * all warranties, whether express, implied, or
> statuary, including any
>  * implied warranties or merchantability or of fitness
> for a particular
>  * purpose.  In no event shall the copyright-holder be
> liable for any 
>  * incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of
> any kind whatsoever
>  * arising from the use of these programs.
>  *
>  * This disclaimer of warranty extends to the user of
> these programs and
>  * user's customers, employees, agents, transferees,
> successors, and
>  * assigns.
>  *
>  * The Tektronix Inc. does not represent or warrant
> that the programs
>  * furnished hereunder are free of infringement of any
> third-party
>  * patents.
> */
> 
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