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This is against the OpenPose license, which strictly disallows the use of it for sports if anyone uses it for commercial purposes. I'd take this down or at leas

This is against the OpenPose license, which strictly disallows the use of it for sports if anyone uses it for commercial purposes. I'd take this down or at least note it. They're known for being extremely litigious. It's not clear why this carveout exists but it's likely they licensed it to an NBA team or a provider for basketball (not going to get into how I know this). From their non-commercial licensing page: "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.)" https://cmu.flintbox.com/#technologies/b820c21d-8443-4aa2-a49f-8919d93a8740 https://cmu.flintbox.com/#technologies/b820c21d-8443-4aa2-a4...

callmetonypls 6y ago
Hi, thanks for telling me this. I'm definitely not using it for commercial purpose. I did read their whole license on their GitHub page. https://github.com/CMU-Perceptual-Computing-Lab/openpose/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/CMU-Perceptual-Computing-Lab/openpose/blo... I'm not really good at English, can you please help me with it? From their GitHub LICENSE: 1. ACADEMIC OR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION NONCOMMERCIAL RESEARCH USE ONLY 2. Licensor retains exclusive ownership of any copy of the Software (as defined below) licensed under this Agreement and hereby grants to Licensee a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Software for noncommercial research purposes, without the right to sublicense, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 3. PERMITTED USES: The Software may be used for your own noncommercial internal research purposes. Here are my points: 1. I build this only for fun, and I'm not making any money from it, which makes it non-commercial? 2. I have mentioned that I implemented OpenPose and link to their GitHub repo. 3. I have copy and paste all of their license into my repo license. 4. Basically, I have no intention of stealing OpenPose and claim it as my own research. I just found out a cool implementation of their project. If anyone is interested in the pose analysis, I have provided the link on my README which will redirect him to the CMU's OpenPose repo. Is it still possible to have any license problem? I'm seriously not sure about it.
craftinator 6y ago
It's definitely riding the edge of their license, but I don't see any content indicating "competition". While this could be used for an athletic competition, the author is only using it for personal, non competitive use on his GitHub. Best to be careful, make it clear it's not being used in competitive sports.
- callmetonypls 6y ago
  Sure, thanks for checking it for me. I would add some extra information to my README. Telling that this project is only for noncommercial research use only. It's kinda weird that the LICENSE in CMU's OpenPose repo didn't indicate anything about sport or competition.
- icelancer 6y ago
  I'm just saying through experience, the OpenPose people are very litigious and ornery. I think the project is a good one. But I also know what lies on the other side of the line.

callmetonypls 6y ago

Hi, thanks for telling me this. I'm definitely not using it for commercial purpose. I did read their whole license on their GitHub page. https://github.com/CMU-Perceptual-Computing-Lab/openpose/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/CMU-Perceptual-Computing-Lab/openpose/blo... I'm not really good at English, can you please help me with it? From their GitHub LICENSE: 1. ACADEMIC OR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION NONCOMMERCIAL RESEARCH USE ONLY 2. Licensor retains exclusive ownership of any copy of the Software (as defined below) licensed under this Agreement and hereby grants to Licensee a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Software for noncommercial research purposes, without the right to sublicense, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 3. PERMITTED USES: The Software may be used for your own noncommercial internal research purposes. Here are my points: 1. I build this only for fun, and I'm not making any money from it, which makes it non-commercial? 2. I have mentioned that I implemented OpenPose and link to their GitHub repo. 3. I have copy and paste all of their license into my repo license. 4. Basically, I have no intention of stealing OpenPose and claim it as my own research. I just found out a cool implementation of their project. If anyone is interested in the pose analysis, I have provided the link on my README which will redirect him to the CMU's OpenPose repo. Is it still possible to have any license problem? I'm seriously not sure about it.

craftinator 6y ago

It's definitely riding the edge of their license, but I don't see any content indicating "competition". While this could be used for an athletic competition, the author is only using it for personal, non competitive use on his GitHub. Best to be careful, make it clear it's not being used in competitive sports.

callmetonypls 6y ago
Sure, thanks for checking it for me. I would add some extra information to my README. Telling that this project is only for noncommercial research use only. It's kinda weird that the LICENSE in CMU's OpenPose repo didn't indicate anything about sport or competition.
icelancer 6y ago
I'm just saying through experience, the OpenPose people are very litigious and ornery. I think the project is a good one. But I also know what lies on the other side of the line.