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License Information on GIF and Other LZW-based Technologies

Published in Patents/Licenses, LZ78/LZW and derivatives, GIF - Compuserve's Graphics Interchange Format

A Unisys press release explaining their beliefs regarding licensing required to use GIF technology in your products. As of this posting (8/2003) the US patents appear to have expired, but there are European and Japanese patents will not expire until some time in 2004.

http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/lzw/

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Posted in August 24th, 2003

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