Re: Latest UNISYS LZW patent nonsense -- $5,000 for every web site
On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 03:29:57PM -0700, Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 06:17:08PM -0400, James Mastros wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 04:55:43PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> > > Perhaps we should set up a <gif-me-up-baby@nonus.debian.org> robot,
> > > to which you send a bitmap, and it sends you the matching gif back.
> >
> > I like the way you think. They could claim that the product is being used
> > in the US, and that places it in the US's juristiction, but they can claim
> > it all they want, it still dosn't make it true.
>
> I'm not sure where nonus.debian.org is exactly, but note that the LZW
> patent is not US only; it applies in many foreign countries. As to
> which ones those are and whether nonus.debian.org is in one of them,
> I couldn't say.
AFAIK nonus.debian.org is in Germany and Germany does not know
any Software Patents (You cant patent software algorythms as is, but
you can patent procedures .. - The European Union has stopped Software
patents for at least a Year. After that there will be new decision ...)
Flo
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