[7146] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: The GIF format as intellectual property
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Bina)
Mon Jan 9 23:31:23 1995
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 05:03:41 +0100
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From: Eric Bina <ebina@neon.mcom.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <www-talk@www0.cern.ch>
> Remember the pattent doesn't affect reading image formats, so LWZ compression
> don't have to be licensed by the client.
>
> David
> --koblas@homepages.com
I have seen no legal opinion anywhere to confirm this.
The following:
> For organizations introducing World Wide Web servers and Home Page
> offerings, most will not be required to secure a license from Unisys. Most
> organizations acquire software from other developers to create their
> offerings on their servers. Therefore, only the software firms who sell the
> enabling software for profit would be expected to secure a licensing
> agreement from Unisys.
>
> ...
>
>
> Media contacts: Unisys Public Relations -- Bob O'Leary (215) 986-6413
> or Oliver Picher (215) 986-5367
Certainly implies that Unisys expects commertial Web
clients and servers to license from them.
Eric
