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no commercial use it seems. Not 100% related, but the copyright holder(s) are not clear. There is a list of authors so I'd bet they are the copyright holders.

by wiz21c 9y ago

no commercial use it seems. Not 100% related, but the copyright holder(s) are not clear. There is a list of authors so I'd bet they are the copyright holders. But given the fact their email addresses somewhat point to CMU, I wonder if CMU is behind...

mcsb1 9y ago
The Github account is from CMU perceptional computing lab. Thus I'd consider it reasonable to assume that CMU is behind.
- wiz21c 9y ago
  I don't know CMU well, is it privately hold ? I really wonder if the work we see here was paid by taxpayers' money. I guess the papers are freely available but the implementation is not.
  - claforte 9y ago
    I'd say it would cost 5% royalty on sales assuming that algorithm was key. Ten years ago I negotiated a licencing agreement with CMU for a computer vision algorithm. I was leading an unknown startup. 5% with no upfront fee is what we ended at.
- electricslpnsld 9y ago
  The PI on this project (Yaser Sheikh) also heads up Oculus' Pittsburgh lab. Not sure if there is any overlap on this project.
zanalyzer 9y ago
The prof is also associated with oculus/fb, so the license has to be friendly to them as well.
seeekr 9y ago
There's actually a link somewhere to a page[0] that, all the way at the bottom states the price as USD$25,000 for a "Commercial License, yearly renewal". [0] https://flintbox.com/public/project/47343/ https://flintbox.com/public/project/47343/
- kejaed 9y ago
  When I saw this a little while ago I thought it would be great for automated video analysis of barbell lifts / weightlifting given the angles involved in such things can be a good metric for form. However, the license specifically states that you cannot use it for sports. I wonder if they singed a high value exclusivity agreement with someone in that space, or if some such company funded the research originally... "The non-exclusive commercial license cannot be used in the field of Sports. ("Sports" shall mean any and all athletic competition between individuals, groups of individuals or teams.)"

by wiz21c 9y ago

mcsb1 9y ago

The Github account is from CMU perceptional computing lab. Thus I'd consider it reasonable to assume that CMU is behind.

wiz21c 9y ago
I don't know CMU well, is it privately hold ? I really wonder if the work we see here was paid by taxpayers' money. I guess the papers are freely available but the implementation is not.
- claforte 9y ago
  I'd say it would cost 5% royalty on sales assuming that algorithm was key. Ten years ago I negotiated a licencing agreement with CMU for a computer vision algorithm. I was leading an unknown startup. 5% with no upfront fee is what we ended at.
electricslpnsld 9y ago
The PI on this project (Yaser Sheikh) also heads up Oculus' Pittsburgh lab. Not sure if there is any overlap on this project.

zanalyzer 9y ago

The prof is also associated with oculus/fb, so the license has to be friendly to them as well.

seeekr 9y ago

There's actually a link somewhere to a page[0] that, all the way at the bottom states the price as USD$25,000 for a "Commercial License, yearly renewal". [0] https://flintbox.com/public/project/47343/ https://flintbox.com/public/project/47343/

kejaed 9y ago
When I saw this a little while ago I thought it would be great for automated video analysis of barbell lifts / weightlifting given the angles involved in such things can be a good metric for form. However, the license specifically states that you cannot use it for sports. I wonder if they singed a high value exclusivity agreement with someone in that space, or if some such company funded the research originally... "The non-exclusive commercial license cannot be used in the field of Sports. ("Sports" shall mean any and all athletic competition between individuals, groups of individuals or teams.)"