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and subject line Re: Bug#403498: netpbm-free: copyright file incorrectly says
ppmtogif is excluded due to patent issues
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Package: netpbm-free
Version: 2:10.0-10.1
Severity: minor
The copyright file says:
"""
Not distributed due to patent issues:
[ jbigtopnm: (C) 2000 Markus Kuhn <[email protected]> ]
[ pnmtojbig: (C) 2000 Markus Kuhn <[email protected]> ]
filter to create GIFs - patent restricted. (http://www.unisys.com/unisys/lzw/
[ ppmtogif: (A) 1989 Jef Poskanzer ]
"""
However ppmtogif has been distributed since version 2:10.0-4 due to
expiry of the LZW patents.
Ben.
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Version: 2:11.01.00-2
On 2006-12-17 Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: netpbm-free
> Version: 2:10.0-10.1
> Severity: minor
> The copyright file says:
> """
> Not distributed due to patent issues:
> [ jbigtopnm: (C) 2000 Markus Kuhn <[email protected]> ]
> [ pnmtojbig: (C) 2000 Markus Kuhn <[email protected]> ]
> filter to create GIFs - patent restricted. (http://www.unisys.com/unisys/lzw/
> [ ppmtogif: (A) 1989 Jef Poskanzer ]
> """
> However ppmtogif has been distributed since version 2:10.0-4 due to
> expiry of the LZW patents.
This has been fixed.
cu Andreas
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