From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262788AbTLWVn2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:43:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262789AbTLWVn2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:43:28 -0500 Received: from master.softaplic.com.br ([200.162.94.241]:25485 "EHLO master.softaplic.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262788AbTLWVnK (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:43:10 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:43:06 -0200 From: Edesio Costa e Silva To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Edesio Costa e Silva Subject: Re: [License of kernel components] linux-2.x.y/Documentation/logo.GIF should be logo.PNG? Message-ID: <20031223214306.GA13158@softaplic.com.br> Reply-To: Edesio Costa e Silva References: <178ed117d672.17d672178ed1@ono.com> <200312231207.53580.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20031223193806.GA5864@codepoet.org> <200312232045.32535.ianh@iahastie.local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200312232045.32535.ianh@iahastie.local.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org IIRC only the *enconding* phase of LZW was patented. So we don't have a problem here. Edésio On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 08:45:28PM +0000, Ian Hastie wrote: > On Tuesday 23 Dec 2003 19:38, Erik Andersen wrote: > >The LZW patents in the United > > Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy however are still active, and > > will expire June 18, 2004. > > Are these patents enforceable in under current law? I may well have the wrong > idea here, but I thought that the recent controversial EU legislation was > about to enabling this sort of patent. > > -- > Ian.