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Subject: Bug#153467: libjpeg62: JPEG is patent-encumbered
Reply-To: Florian Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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Resent-From: Florian Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 08:32:27PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
Hello developers,
Could you give me your advice on this patend
problem ? I have not the connection time to
investigate this issue properly and anyway this
must be discussed here.
Please CC me, thanks!
If true, this really
On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 02:37:46PM -0700, David Starner wrote:
So there's allegedly a patent on JPEG. I think someone came up with a
patent on run-length encoding at one point. Legally, moving it to
non-free is a lousy cop-out, which I don't think changes our liability
one bit. IMO, for the
Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Therefore, a Debian archive outside jurisdictions where this patent is
enforceable is the proper home for the software if the patent is
enforceable against libjpeg62, not non-free.
Japanese and European counterparts exist, see:
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've had the impression that the remaining life of the patent is really
quite short, too, and that they're going after people with money while
they can.
The European counterpart might live much longer. It was granted in
1994. Even if the counter starts
On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 08:32:27PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
Could you give me your advice on this patend
problem ? I have not the connection time to
investigate this issue properly and anyway this
must be discussed here.
The JPEG group's opinion might be of interest here.
It's at:
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