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Re: GIF/TIFF-LZW in 5.5 (sorta) (was: Insight...) [message #27186]

Fri, 12 October 2001 08:52

Pavel A. Romashkin
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Registered: November 2000

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Dick Jackson wrote:
>
> Seems like a lot of hoops, has anyone actually written to Unisys for such a
> license? Do they charge for it?

If they didn't charge for it, what kind of sense would it make to patent
it in the first place?

Pavel

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Re: GIF/TIFF-LZW in 5.5 (sorta) (was: Insight...) [message #27264 is a reply to message #27186]

Sat, 13 October 2001 07:03

George N. White III is currently offline

George N. White III
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Registered: September 2000

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On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Pavel A. Romashkin wrote:

> Dick Jackson wrote:
>> Seems like a lot of hoops, has anyone actually written to Unisys
>> for such a license? Do they charge for it?
>
> If they didn't charge for it, what kind of sense would it make to patent
> it in the first place?

Large companies can trade access to patent portfolios, which then helps
keep down upstart competitors who haven't anything to trade. To do this
you need a useful portfolio of patents.

--
George N. White III <gnw3@acm.org> Bedford Institute of Oceanography

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