Re[2]: [PHP-DEV] GIF create support for bundled GD
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Thu, 20 May 2004 11:15:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re[2]: [PHP-DEV] GIF create support for bundled GD | ||
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On Thu, 20 May 2004, Andrew Sitnikov wrote:
> DR> Nope, due to patent issues we can not add it.
> Action of the patent on GIF was not expired ?
>
> http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/Gif/Gif.html
> The United States LZW patent expired on June 20th, 2003..
> According to Unisys, the counterpart Canadian patent expires July 7, 2004, the counterpart
> patents in the
> United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy expire June 18, 2004, and the Japanese counterpart
> patents expire June 20, 2004.
It's not July 7th yet, is it?
regards,
Derick