Re: lzw Unisys

2000-11-14 Thread Marc Lehmann 

On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 03:46:13PM +0100, Martin Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A short question. I know that writting an lzw compressed file violates the
> Unisys patent but what is with reading such a file?

It's not clear. Unisys claims their patent applies and everybody else say
it doesn't. IANAL.

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lzw Unisys

2000-11-14 Thread Martin Weber 

A short question. I know that writting an lzw compressed file violates the
Unisys patent but what is with reading such a file?

Martin

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