On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 18:52, Drew Scott Daniels wrote:
I'm cc'ing debian-legal for the legal part of this discussion.
LZW was a patented algorithm which was included in Unix's compress and
some versions of the gif file format.
There may not be reason to exclude lzw and related code as the
I'm cc'ing debian-legal for the legal part of this discussion.
LZW was a patented algorithm which was included in Unix's compress and
some versions of the gif file format.
There may not be reason to exclude lzw and related code as the LZW
patent is running out.
Drew Scott Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
LZW was a patented algorithm which was included in Unix's compress and
some versions of the gif file format.
Minor history. Unix had compact, which used Huffman compaction.
Compress came along later, and the main force behind it was Usenet.
I
Drew Scott Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I also am curious as to whether Unisys can collect royalties after
their patent runs out. I suspect this may be illegal, or at least
immoral.
They can collect fees from anyone who has contracted to pay them
fees. But once the patent runs out, it
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