Snuden wrote:
LOL. The gif/lzw patent isn't valid anymore. Perhaps you should pay more attention.
LOL..maybe you should pay more attention...;-)
Their patent for the US and several other countries expired this year, but it`s still valid in the UK and a few other European countries..
Found this on /.
"The U.S. LZW patent expires June 20, 2003, the counterpart Canadian patent expires July 7, 2004, the counterpart patents in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy expire June 18, 2004, and the Japanese counterpart patents expire June 20, 2004. "
