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1 .. _proprietary:
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3 Software X from vendor Y is not compatible with Orthanc
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4 =======================================================
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6 First of all, make sure to read at least the following sections from
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7 the :ref:`faq`:
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9 * :ref:`troubleshooting`
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10 * :ref:`dicom`
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12 Orthanc is `free and open-source software (FOSS)
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13 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software>`_. FOSS
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14 protects the digital freedoms of its users, and is freely available to
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15 each and every user, for any use. As a backbone application for
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16 medical imaging, the Orthanc project continuously tries and ensures
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17 best possible compatibility with other FOSS software. To put it in
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18 other words, we **provide free support for interfacing Orthanc with
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19 other free and open-source software**. Feel free to discuss
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20 interoperability problems of Orthanc with other FOSS tools on `our
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21 discussion group
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22 <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/orthanc-users>`_, or to
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23 introduce :ref:`bug reports <support>` detailing how to reproduce your
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24 problem.
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26 Independently of FOSS, there exist many proprietary systems for
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27 medical imaging. Note that proprietary systems might either be paying
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28 or come gratis (also known as freeware). In either case, they restrict
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29 the freedoms of their users and, as a consequence, the Orthanc project
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30 does not have access to a valid license for each software X from any
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31 vendor Y. This implies that we **do not provide free support for
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32 proprietary software (including freeware)**.
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34 If you encounter difficulties while interfacing Orthanc with some
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35 proprietary software, **contact the commercial support of your
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36 supplier**. As Orthanc is free and open-source, the support team of
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37 your supplier can download Orthanc, and can help you solve your
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38 problem. If some fix is needed in our source code, the Orthanc project
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39 will happily integrate it within in the Orthanc mainline, provided the
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40 **patch is explicitly put in the public domain by your vendor**. We
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41 remind the vendors that, if they distribute a patched version of
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42 Orthanc to some of their clients as the result of a commercial
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43 support, the `GPL license
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44 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License>`_ of
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45 Orthanc requires them to **publicly release the source code of this
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46 derived version of Orthanc**.
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48 Finally, if you need to complement the services of your vendor,
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49 consider buying the `Orthanc support packs provided by Osimis
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50 <https://www.osimis.io/en/services.html>`__.