Re: Adding back compressed GIF code to cernlib after July 7 -- any objections?

* Kevin B. McCarty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040706 15:55]: My understanding is that the last known patent on LZW compression held by Unisys, in Canada, expires tomorrow, July 7th 2004. I plan to ask my sponsor, Bas Zoetekouw, to upload a version of cernlib with compressed GIF creation support

Adding back compressed GIF code to cernlib after July 7 -- any objections?

Hi all, My understanding is that the last known patent on LZW compression held by Unisys, in Canada, expires tomorrow, July 7th 2004. I plan to ask my sponsor, Bas Zoetekouw, to upload a version of cernlib with compressed GIF creation support added back in soon afterwards. (This may be delayed