I am doing the research, and looking carefully at the Unisys/gif
issue for education.
I can use PNG in some of my apps, and I love the PNG format, for the
most part, but I can't get around I have to use JPEGs to show
photographer's images online. PNG just doesn't have complete support
yet, and I also would have to investigate compression methods, and
which were supported on which browsers.
We are in the process of switching to JPEG2000 for transport, but I
better make sure that won't violate anything.
What does IANAL stand for? I am not a lawyer? Haven't seen that one.
It is nice to be noticed, but not by the IRS, or some Patent lawyer!
I always thought JPEG was royalty free, till seeing some news on the
web about forgent this year.
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Robert Garcia
President - BigHead Technology
VP Application Development - eventpix.com
13653 West Park Dr
Magalia, Ca 95954
ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040
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On Jul 20, 2005, at 6:57 AM, Scott Cadillac wrote:
Wow, that sux Robert,
I would try to find a support group somewhere that is dealing with
this, at
least for advice. There must be one somewhere.
I assume you've tried
IANAL, but if it were me, I'd investigate switching wholesale to
some other
format like PNG.
On the bright side, I guess you can say this is a measure of
success, simply
because you got noticed.
Hope things work out.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:09 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Witango-Talk: JPEG Patent Issue
I have been sent letters, and have been phoned about software that I
have written that compresses images using JPEG format. They want
percentages of revenue from the companies using the software.
Some background info:
http://www.shaftek.org/standardsblog/2005/04/27/the-never-endi
ng-jpeg-
patent-saga/
http://www.forgent.com/
The company contacting me is Inavisis.
I heard about Sony and Adobe buckling and paying the license, and MS
and Apple fighting. I was wondering if anyone has done more research
on this kind of thing, like the Unisys GIF issues before.
I know, if the JPEG patent is valid, I am violating it by using open
source JPEG libraries to compress images, like ImageMagick. But if I
use calls to the host operating system, or an API like Quicktime,
would I still be violating the patent?
It has always been my understanding, if a library like Quicktime,
allows me to save to a particular format, I am in compliance, cuz
Quicktime has the responsibility of being in compliance with
licenses.
If anyone has any info, I think this is a good topic of discussion,
cuz if I got on their radar, others will too. And then I
guess I will
have to write my own utilities for the webservers to manipulate
images, using quicktime. My desktop software too.
--
Robert Garcia
President - BigHead Technology
VP Application Development - eventpix.com
13653 West Park Dr
Magalia, Ca 95954
ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/
--
Robert Garcia
President - BigHead Technology
VP Application Development - eventpix.com
13653 West Park Dr
Magalia, Ca 95954
ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/
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