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Package: libjpeg62
Version: 6b-5
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.1.4
libjpeg62 may have to be moved to non-free. Enforcing a rather old
patent on JPEG-related technology has been announced:
http://ir.forgent.com/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=FORG&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=314044
The patent is here:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='4,698,672'.WKU.&OS=PN/4,698,672&RS=PN/4,698,672
No corresponding patent seems to have been filed at the EPO.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux CERT 2.4.14-xfs #1 SMP Fri Nov 23 21:34:33 CET 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US
Versions of packages libjpeg62 depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 08:04:43PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Package: libjpeg62
> Version: 6b-5
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 2.1.4
>
> libjpeg62 may have to be moved to non-free. Enforcing a rather old
> patent on JPEG-related technology has been announced:
>
> http://ir.forgent.com/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=FORG&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=314044
>
> The patent is here:
>
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='4,698,672'.WKU.&OS=PN/4,698,672&RS=PN/4,698,672
Hello Florian
This patent has expired on Oct 27, 2006 and Forgent has abandonned to
assert it, see <http://www.pubpat.org/forgentjpeg.htm>.
so I close this bug.
Cheers,
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Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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