Re: [Gimp-developer] IANAL, LZW
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 03:45:30PM +0200, Marco Wessel wrote: > > Please wait until 06/2004. There are still patents in Europe and Japan > > until then. > > And here I thought software, ideas, and maths weren't patentable in > Europe. That's what I thought too, but my source ( http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/atr-11.06.03-001/ - German only.) says that there _might_ be problems with GIF pictures (I cant translate the exact term IANAL either). So, I think there's no problem in leaving everything in it's current state. Bye, Tino. -- * LINUX - Where do you want to be tomorrow? * http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/ ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] IANAL, LZW
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Tino Schwarze wrote: > Please wait until 06/2004. There are still patents in Europe and Japan > until then. > And here I thought software, ideas, and maths weren't patentable in Europe. Japan I don't know about, but I recall the US lobbying for such things being patentable there. ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] IANAL, LZW
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 02:16:23PM +0200, Branko Collin wrote: > IANAL, but IIRC, today is the day the absurd (and perhaps illegally > gained) LZW patent claim of Unisys runs out in the USA. Merkins can > use GIF now. Please wait until 06/2004. There are still patents in Europe and Japan until then. Bye, Tino. -- * LINUX - Where do you want to be tomorrow? * http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/ ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
