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Re: Off-Topic: Patents

To: Benjamin Lee <benjaminlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Off-Topic: Patents
Cc: Wayne <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@xxxxxxxxxx>, Skliarouk Peter <skliaroukp@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Markus Bernhardt <mbernhardt@xxxxxxxxxx>, lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Wensong Zhang <wensong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 23:20:40 +0800
Benjamin Lee wrote:
> 
> 1. Unis*s holds the patent on the RLE scheme used in GIFs not JPEGs.
> 

Yeah, it is GIF. I remember that there is a specific web page
explaining why no GIF image is used at the http://www.gnu.org/ site.
That's what RMS fights for the freedom of programming.

> 
> Therefore, there should not be any problem coding various LVS bits with
> your intepretation of an algorithm (as long as the code is different).
> 

Sure. I don't know what the context analysis patent is, my
interpretation will be different. :-)

> Take all this with a fair size grain of salt. Obviously the law is very
> malleable and that's why we have lawyers. So watch out regardless.
> 

Agree. :-)

Wensong

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