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Re: gif license [message #27720 is a reply to message #27667]

Thu, 01 November 2001 21:35

Craig Markwardt
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Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan <shaugan@esa.nascom.nasa.gov> writes:

> Dennis Boccippio <djboccip@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> Update: we got hit with the $475 'processing fee' as well (NASA/MSFC
>> for their 'governmental use' agreement) but no other fees.
>
> Shouldn't NASA simply pay up *one time* for the agreement? Sounds like $475
> for an agency-wide agreement is not a huge expense. The paperwork involved in
> actually getting it done by NASA might cost two orders of magnitude more,
> however.

If the LZW patent was developed with federal research dollars, then
the patent may be available to the US Government royalty-free. Of
course it may be against Unisys's interests to tell you that. Or,
they may still charge their "processing fee". It keeps the lawyers in
employ.

Craig

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		gif license By: Michael L. Kaiser on Mon, 29 October 2001 12:21
		Re: gif license By: Dennis Boccippio on Fri, 02 November 2001 07:18
		Re: gif license By: Dennis Boccippio on Fri, 02 November 2001 07:16
		Re: gif license By: Dennis Boccippio on Fri, 02 November 2001 07:26
		Re: gif license By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 01 November 2001 21:35
		Re: gif license By: David Fanning on Thu, 01 November 2001 13:53
		Re: gif license By: nobody@nowhere.com (S on Thu, 01 November 2001 08:25
		Re: gif license By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 31 October 2001 21:22
		Re: gif license By: Dennis Boccippio on Wed, 31 October 2001 18:46
		Re: gif license By: David Fanning on Wed, 31 October 2001 08:17
		Re: gif license By: nobody@nowhere.com (S on Wed, 31 October 2001 07:59

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