At Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:17:18 -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > >the LZW patent is still valid in Europe and Japan. > > > >Due to the possible legal risk for your users in Europe and Japan it's > >still required to keep LZW code out of main. That's right. FYI, in Japan, LZW patent will lose effect in 2004-06-20. Regards, -- gotom