On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:30:55AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > "Forgent Networks said Friday it sued 31 major hardware and software > vendors, including Dell and Apple Computers, for allegedly infringing > on its claim to an algorithm used in the popular JPEG picture file > format." > <http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63200,00.html? > tw=wn_bizhead_1> > > They've started suing. Is JPEG any different than GIF was, especially > if this whole mess is settled out of court or worse won by the > plaintiff? Their patent expires *really* soon, like, a few months away. It's likely that the issue will become moot. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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