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for Unisys to try to extend the patent. I mean hell, if the copyright to Mickey Mouse can be extended then there's no way they'd let a patent quietly die. 06/19/2003 05:22:31 PM EST (>3. 06/19/2003 07:06:21 PM EST (>1. 06/19/2003 10:03:41 PM EST (>4. This one's for you, ICI. Your vote (1) was recorded. This story currently has a total score of 95. Your vote put this story over the threshold, and it should now appear on the front page. 06/19/2003 11:34:37 AM EST (>5. 06/20/2003 02:36:58 AM EST (>4. 06/20/2003 10:43:11 AM EST (>5. 06/20/2003 10:48:41 AM EST (>3. 06/20/2003 11:08:35
have to pry the GIFs from my cold, dead fingers. i always found it amusing that the other side used gifs instead of pngs despite bleating about how bad patents were. 06/19/2003 05:18:36 AM EST (>4. 06/19/2003 06:01:53 AM EST (>4. 06/19/2003 01:21:30 PM EST (>5. 06/19/2003 05:05:53 PM EST (>3. 06/19/2003 05:59:40 AM EST (>3. 06/19/2003 06:38:05 PM EST (>3. 06/19/2003 01:38:09 PM EST (>2. invented new compression techniques>, had them stolen by patent, and gave up the field. 06/19/2003 08:43:12 AM EST (>3. 06/19/2003 10:23:18 AM EST (>3. I've been storing all my kiddie porn as gifs,
for Unisys to try to extend the patent. I mean hell, if the copyright to Mickey Mouse can be extended then there's no way they'd let a patent quietly die. 06/19/2003 05:22:31 PM EST (>3. 06/19/2003 07:06:21 PM EST (>1. 06/19/2003 10:03:41 PM EST (>4. This one's for you, ICI. Your vote (1) was recorded. This story currently has a total score of 95. Your vote put this story over the threshold, and it should now appear on the front page. 06/19/2003 11:34:37 AM EST (>5. 06/20/2003 02:36:58 AM EST (>4. 06/20/2003 10:43:11 AM EST (>5. 06/20/2003 10:48:41 AM EST (>3. 06/20/2003 11:08:35
are licensed. The GIF format becomes even more popular. The GIF format becomes even more popular. The GIF format becomes even more popular. The GIF format becomes even more popular. The GIF format becomes even more popular. So the US patent has expired. covers Germany, France, Britain and Italy and expires on the 18th June 2004. expires on the 6th June 2004. This creates an interesting legal situation where LZW-based sofware is legal to distribute in the United States, but risks patent infringement claims in or when exported to Europe, Canada and Japan. hasn't diminished GIF's popularity
and method", it is more commonly known as the LZW patent or Unisys's GIF tax. Don't buy ram at Apple. You can save big money when you buy your memory at MacMemoryStore. Most popular compression techniques build on this technique and most archivers (e. ZIP, ZOO, ARC, gzip, LhA, CAB, Arj, RAR, StuffIt) include it in their compression methods. I only mention this to tell you it's unrelated to LZ78 or LZW. [US4,464,650]>), but the LZW derivative is widely used. Terry Welch has been working for the Sperry Research Center and invents a derivative of LZ78 with much simplified, faster dictionary
knowledge in about 1990, leading to a huge uproar in the online world. Some paniced BBS sysops even took their GIF p0rn offline out of fear. CompuServe or Unisys tried to queal the flames by announcing that there would be no "GIF Tax" -- only encoding/decoding software would be covered; and that interested parties should contact them. As this only affected software developers, there was a huge sign of relief among users. Adobe and other image software makers licenced LZW in 1990-1. Unisys must have said more than "nothing" to them at this time. In 1993, Mosaic spread
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