Compression Links: License Information on GIF and Other LZW-based Technologies

website 0.3 License Information on GIF and Other LZW-based Technologies http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/lzw/
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A Unisys press release explaining their beliefs regarding licensing required to use GIF technology in your products. As of this posting (8/2003) the US patents appear to have expired, but there are European and Japanese patents will not expire until some time in 2004.

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GIF - Graphics Interchange Format (area)
LZ78/LZW and derivatives (area)
Patents/Licenses (content)

Created: 24 Aug 2003 00:00 by Mark Nelson
Published: 21 Jul 2005 17:38
Last Updated: 21 Jul 2005 17:38 by Dmitriy Vatolin

License Information on GIF and Other LZW-based Technologies

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