On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 04:07:23PM -0700, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: > *raspberry* > > won't happen :)
I wouldn't be so sure. Forgent hasn't been entirely unsuccessful: "Forgent has engaged in an aggressive pursuit of royalties related to JPEG since first announcing its claim to the patents in July 2002. In February 2003, the software maker won a $16m licensing agreement from Sony based on the holdings, US Patent No. 4,698,672. The company claims it has generated over $90m (£50.9m) in licensing fees related to the patent over the last two years. Noonan said that one of the companies from which Forgent was created, Vtel, had earlier purchased the patent rights, which were granted in 1987." http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39152832,00.htm -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
