On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 12:15:55PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Raul Miller wrote: > > > By the time woody is released, it's likely the gif patent will have > > > expired. > > On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 03:34:58PM +0100, Nils Jeppe wrote: > > Patents are good for 17 years or so. When was lzw patented? And when was > > it patented in countries other than the US? Remember, Debian is global. > > The law's been changed, 20 years. Which means that it lasts until > June 19, 2003.
And thats why we have to stop with gifs And what kind of warrancy do you have that yor gov wont make patents stay a few years longer than now.
