From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262655AbTLWTiM (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:38:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262683AbTLWTiM (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:38:12 -0500 Received: from codepoet.org ([166.70.99.138]:61583 "EHLO codepoet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262655AbTLWTiJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:38:09 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:38:06 -0700 From: Erik Andersen To: Gene Heskett Cc: xan2@ono.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [License of kernel components] linux-2.x.y/Documentation/logo.GIF should be logo.PNG? Message-ID: <20031223193806.GA5864@codepoet.org> Reply-To: andersen@codepoet.org Mail-Followup-To: Erik Andersen , Gene Heskett , xan2@ono.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <178ed117d672.17d672178ed1@ono.com> <200312231207.53580.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200312231207.53580.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue Dec 23, 2003 at 12:07:53PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > I don't think GIF was ever "proprietary", but the l-z-w compression > used was patented. The patent expired earlier this year. So gif is > back. The U.S. LZW patent expired June 20, 2003. The Canadian LZW patent expiref July 7, 2004. The LZW patents in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy however are still active, and will expire June 18, 2004. The Japanese LZW patent will expire on June 20, 2004. I vote for keeping the status quo for another 4 months.... -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons--