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Who owns GeoTIFF Format?

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Who owns GeoTIFF Format?

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The GeoTIFF format is completely open, public domain, non-proprietary. It was produced by Dr. Niles Ritter, while at NASA-JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and changes, or additions to the format are proposed through a public review using email and WWW resources. Two meetings of developers from all areas of the geographic information processing industry have lead to proposals for revision, since early 1994. There is no restriction on licensing, implementation, promulgation, or any uses of the format. The format is entirely open, and available to all. The specifications are public, there are abundant free software source libraries, toolkits, data samples, and technical support through the email forum.