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    So do we assume that Bitplane/Imaris has purchased a commercial
    license for ICE?  I guess that is one way round the problem!<br>
    <br>
    Best,<br>
    <br>
    Greg.<br>
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              <font color="#888888">20 July 2011 13:41</font></td>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Gregory,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m not sure
              if this can be done, but in v 7.3 of Imaris, their API is
              now through ICE as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In that case,
              a direct communication could maybe occur?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Christophe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Dipl.-Ing.
                  Christophe TREFOIS</span></b><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F"><br>
              </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray">PhD
                Student<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray">Ing. Sys. Com.
                  Dipl. EPF<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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              <span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray">Luxembourg Centre
                for Systems Biomedicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                style="font-size:8.0pt;color:gray">UNIVERSITY OF
                LUXEMBOURG</span><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray"><br>
              </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:gray">CAMPUS
                LIMPERTSBERG<br>
                162a, avenue de la Faïencerie<br>
                L-1511 Luxembourg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:gray">T +352 46 66 44
                6124<br>
                F +352 46 66 44 6949<br>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ome-users-bounces@lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk">ome-users-bounces@lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk</a>
                  [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ome-users-bounces@lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk">mailto:ome-users-bounces@lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk</a>]
                  <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gregory Jefferis<br>
                  <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:57 AM<br>
                  <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ome-users@lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk">ome-users@lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk</a><br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [ome-users] Imaris <-> Omero<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">Dear OME people,<br>
            <br>
            Although open source software is the target of my personal
            development efforts, my lab still uses a mix of open and
            commercial closed source software.  In considering a
            transition to an image database system like Omero one major
            consideration is whether all of our software would be able
            to get convenient access to image (meta)data. It was
            recently pointed out to me that that the GPL license of the
            ICE framework used by Omero is a problem for any closed
            source application that wanted to talk to an Omero server
            via ICE:<br>
            <br>
            <a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://zeroc.com/licensing.html">http://zeroc.com/licensing.html</a><br>
            <br>
            I presume this would include Imaris.  Has anyone looked at
            this issue in detail?  Thoughts?  Workarounds?<br>
            <br>
            Best wishes,<br>
            <br>
            Greg.<br>
            <br>
            <br>
            <br>
            <br>
            <o:p></o:p></p>
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                style="color:#2057EF !important;text-decoration:none
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              <font color="#888888">20 July 2011 08:56</font></td>
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        Dear OME people,<br>
        <br>
        Although open source software is the target of my personal
        development efforts, my lab still uses a mix of open and
        commercial closed source software.  In considering a transition
        to an image database system like Omero one major consideration
        is whether all of our software would be able to get convenient
        access to image (meta)data. It was recently pointed out to me
        that that the GPL license of the ICE framework used by Omero is
        a problem for any closed source application that wanted to talk
        to an Omero server via ICE:<br>
        <br>
        <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://zeroc.com/licensing.html"
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://zeroc.com/licensing.html</a><br>
        <br>
        I presume this would include Imaris.  Has anyone looked at this
        issue in detail?  Thoughts?  Workarounds?<br>
        <br>
        Best wishes,<br>
        <br>
        Greg.<br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <br>
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                moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:christophe.trefois@uni.lu"
                style="color:#2057EF !important;text-decoration:none
                !important;">Christophe TREFOIS</a><br>
              <font color="#888888">19 July 2011 09:00</font></td>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Dear Ome-users,<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">Has anybody of you managed to interface
            Imaris with Omero ?<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">I would like to import pictures for
            automatic processing directly into Imaris.<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">For now, the only way I see is through
            Imaris’s Matlab XT interface, but it seems rather tedious.<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">Since you’d need to go Omero -> Omero
            Matlab -> Imaris XT -> Imaris.<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">Any hints, tips, suggestions are welcome.<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">--<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">Christophe<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">................................................................................<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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            <b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Dipl.-Ing.
                Christophe TREFOIS</span></b><span
              style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F"><br>
            </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray">PhD Student<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray">Ing. Sys. Com.
                Dipl. EPF<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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            <span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray">Luxembourg Centre
              for Systems Biomedicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p style="margin-bottom:3.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span
              style="font-size:8.0pt;color:gray">UNIVERSITY OF
              LUXEMBOURG</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray"><br>
            </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:gray">CAMPUS
              LIMPERTSBERG<br>
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