Re[2]: [PHP-DEV] Animated GIF output for PHP/GD
| From: | (Marcus B�rger) | Date: | Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:36:36 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re[2]: [PHP-DEV] Animated GIF output for PHP/GD | ||
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Hello Ilia,
Thursday, June 19, 2003, 7:38:45 PM, you wrote:
IA> Jaakko,
IA> Thanks for the patch, but there are a few things you should be aware of. While
IA> the LZW patent in US expires tomorrow, in Europe and possibly other parts of
IA> the world the patent will still be in force for another year. Which means non
IA> licensed users of GIF format in EU (I am guess you are in EU ;)) would be
IA> violating the LZW patent.
Same for japan. And in germany there was already a case showing that
unisys will enforce their patent rights.
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Best regards,
Marcus mailto:helly@php.net