On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 09:30:43AM +0200, Gwenole Beauchesne wrote:
> Yes, until the patent covering the LZW scheme used in GIF expires. FYI,
> the _original_ patent should expire on 20-12-2002, in the _US_. The
> _original_ patent in _Germany_ should expire on 18-06-2004. I don't know
> for other countries. This depends on when they were filed and the local
> rules for patent expiry.

IBM or Unisys patent?  Both of them have a patent.  Don't ask me how
that happened.  Stupid USPTO.

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