Just FYI http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/Gif/Gif.html
It does not expire until next year. Not sure what the ramifications of the "variants" and new patent "applications" are. I wonder if I could file a patent for a method for finding the composite whole value of two operands and charge 1.5%. -Andy On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 09:12, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > Stephan Michels wrote: > > > 2. > > Gif is the best output format, because most of the browser can handle the > > transparency of GIF images. > > In the US (and other countries, europe is safe, at least for now), there > are patent issues with GIF generation. How do you plan to handle these? > > -- > Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be > able to give birth to a dancing star. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- www.superlinksoftware.com www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]