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Fingerprint recognition using fprint

Fingerprint recognition using fprint

Posted Nov 25, 2007 12:54 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
Parent article: Fingerprint recognition using fprint

Silly questions on a bored Sunday: can the NIST code be distributed freely, and is it Free software? My cursory examination of the main page for NBIS did not show an easy answer.


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Fingerprint recognition using fprint

Posted Nov 26, 2007 13:06 UTC (Mon) by dsd (guest, #49212) [Link]

yes:

From http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.03/nigos/NIGOS_licdis_061...
"This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by
employees of the Federal Government in the course of their official duties. Pursuant to title
17 Section 105 of the United States Code. This software is not subject to copyright protection
and is in the public domain."

As for the export control (non-)issues, see my writeup at:
http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/US_export_control

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