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Nice. Definitely looking forward to checking this out :) SIFT is patented[1] and not free for commercial use. This puts people who want to use the amazing alte
by madmax108 11y ago
Nice. Definitely looking forward to checking this out :)
SIFT is patented[1] and not free for commercial use. This puts people who want to use the amazing alternative to play around finding alternatives, which are usually either half-baked functionally or simply not as good.[2]
[1] https://www.google.com/patents/US6711293 https://www.google.com/patents/US6711293
[2] http://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/1288/what-are-some-free-alternatives-to-sift-surf-that-can-be-used-in-commercial-app http://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/1288/what-are-some-fr...
- thfuran 11y agoAren't SURF and ilk free and pretty performant?