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Re: LWZ and gif support



Hi,

Andreas Tscharner wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 01:13:25 -0500 (EST)
> 20040104@linuxtech.com wrote:
> 
> > 
> > We are remastering a Live CD, either mepis or knoppix, for our site
> > starryskies.com and would rather use the Debian packages of Open
> > Office, however I read that gifs are a problem with the Debian
> > version, is that correct?
> > 
> > I thought the LZW patent had expired and this was no longer an issue.
> 
> The LZW patent has expired in the USA and will expire sometime this year
> in Europe (don't know when, sorry).

July, 18th in Europe, July, 20th in Japan.

Grüße/Regards,

René
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