[Freegis-list] FW: [ESRI-L] ARC - InfoLib availability?

[Gaston Pezzuchi]

Well, well

   I do have found that infoLib is Public domain software:

"This software is being released into the public domain. It may be freely
used whole or in part or distributed as a whole as long as this notice
remains attached to the source code. The author and ESRI do not assume any
liability or responsibility in the use or distribution of this software."

was the original author's statement...

   The Environmental Protection Agency site has some software mentions about
Infolib...

And there is even a "free" translation utility info2dbf at:

http://www.epa.gov/Region10/dbf2info.html#contents

Anyway, and even though I do not use ArcInfo I do have downloaded some time
ago the InfoLib... if I could rememeber from where or where did I have
stored it...

   But...

I have some dead links refering to the EPAFTP were the infolib was supposed
to be stored and ready to be downloaded... Perhaps someone can contact them
and ask about it...

ftp://ftp.epa.gov/pub/gistechs/programs/

also, there must be a copy of the InfoLib out there (NOT in Esri's web
site... :-))   ), yet, if the InfoLib is really PD, perhaps some of this
list gurus would be able to start working on it and provide an updated and
revised version... perhaps a "supported one"...

Yours,

Gastón Pezzuchi
Ofl. Subinsp.
Crime Analyst
DGEIPD
La Plata
Argentina

(El server de gobierno puede no funcionar, en ese caso, enviar a:
gpezzuchi at way.com.ar ).


----- Original Message -----
From: Jan-Oliver Wagner <jan at intevation.de>
To: <freegis-list at intevation.de>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Freegis-list] FW: [ESRI-L] ARC - InfoLib availability?


> On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 01:02:26PM -0800, Matt.Wilkie wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Birch, Jason ELP:EX [mailto:Jason.Birch at GEMS5.GOV.BC.CA]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 4:05 PM
> > To: ESRI-L at ESRI.COM
> > Subject: [ESRI-L] ARC - InfoLib availability?
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've exhausted all of my avenues trying to find a copy of the source for
> > InfoLib, which is apparently a method of accessing INFO tables from
outside
> > of Arc/Info.
> >
> > If anyone has a copy of this, could they please let me know?  In case a
lot
> > of people have it, please don't send attachments right away.  If InfoLib
is
> > available under a public domain or open source license, I would be
pleased
> > to make it available on a personal ftp server for anyone who might come
> > looking for it in the future.
>
> It used to be at ftp://ftp.esri.com/pub/misc but it has gone.
>
> I am pretty sure InfoLib is neither available as PD nor as Free Software.
> Moreover, ESRI has AFAIK never published a specification for INFO.
> I heard rumors that ESRI even made legal actions against reverse
engineering
> of the ArcInfo format...
>
> Any hints, comments on the situation of the proprietary coverage format?
>
> Jan
>
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