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From
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"SilveRo" <copyright@tin.it>
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Date
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Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:11:55 +0200
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Subject
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[hackmeeting] burn all gifs...
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http://burnallgifs.org/
Unisys, once a well-known computer company, holds a patent on a method of
data compression called LZW. Other, much better, methods of data compression
are not covered by any patent.
The Unisys LZW patent expires in the USA on June 20, 2003. However,
according to Unisys, they hold LZW patents outside the USA that expire in
2004.
LZW is used in an obsolete graphic format called GIF, which many web sites
use in order to be compatible with old web browsers. Unisys is charging web
sites $5000 or more to use these now-obsolete GIF graphics if the software
originally used to create the GIFs was not covered by a Unisys license.
[etc.etc.etc.]
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minchia...
=)
SilveRo
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(things aren't all black or all white)
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