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Re: Restore IDL code from .sav file? [message #37566 is a reply to message #37478]

Mon, 29 December 2003 12:24

Craig Markwardt
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"Haje Korth" <haje.korth@jhuapl.edu> writes:

> Jonathan,
> hey that story sounds familiar, happened to me too once. Unfortunately there
> is probably nothing you can do about it at this point. Craig Markwardt had
> routines that do exactly what you want (and what I needed) included in his
> cmsvlib for a few days. But then a herd of people including RSI started
> beating on him for publishing proprietary information, so he withdrew the
> routine prodis, which caused all this hassle. [ ... ]

After Kodak threatened a potential lawsuit, and implied a threat to my
job, I did indeed withdraw the core translator for IDL save files with
code.

I believed, and I still believe, that there are legitimate uses for a
save file translator, and it is not illegal. We as users are not
required to protect RSI's flawed business models. I developed the
translator code because I myself accidentally deleted some source
code, and needed to recover it from a save file. Obviously other
people have the same problem. I have been recommending that people
with this same need contact RSI and explain their dilemma. And
further, I recommend against using save files for code.

Craig

> ... His documentation gives you an overview and you will find, why RSI
> was upset about that particulat version of cmsvlib, even though he does not
> elaborate on the particular info.

P.S. By the way, the on-line documentation is for data only, no code.

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		Restore IDL code from .sav file? By: Jonathan Joseph on Wed, 24 December 2003 12:13
		Re: Restore IDL code from .sav file? By: JD Smith on Wed, 31 December 2003 16:34
		Re: Restore IDL code from .sav file? By: Jonathan Joseph on Tue, 30 December 2003 09:24
		Re: Restore IDL code from .sav file? By: Haje Korth on Mon, 29 December 2003 12:46
		Re: Restore IDL code from .sav file? By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 29 December 2003 12:24
		Re: Restore IDL code from .sav file? By: Rick Towler on Mon, 29 December 2003 10:49
		Re: Restore IDL code from .sav file? By: Haje Korth on Mon, 29 December 2003 06:09

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