On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Juhapekka Tolvanen wrote:
>
> When I run command "vrms" in my Debian GNU/Linux, most of those non-free
> packages it finds are packers and/or unpackers. How about you? I like to
>
There may be patent issues. I'd check with the authors of the archivers.
Additionally reading the
I saw recently that there was a problem with OpenOffice having LZW
patented code in its source. I imagine this kind or similar problems have
effected other packages.
There has been an interesting thread on the comp.compression newsgroup
that I have been watching. I've been waiting to see if more d
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:47:55 -0800
From: Charles Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Drew Scott Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPM, BPL...
At 04:40 PM 1/28/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Hello,
>I've been following the PPM algorithm for a few years now. Of all
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To: Drew Scott Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with the Bloom Public License (fwd)
How about if I add this term at the top :
0. The software may be used or distributed according to the terms of
the GPL (GNU Public License) at the distributor's opti
I'm cc'ing debian-legal for the legal part of this discussion.
LZW was a patented algorithm which was included in Unix's compress and
some versions of the gif file format.
There may not be reason to exclude lzw and related code as the LZW
patent is "running out".
http://lists.debian.org/debian-le
Hi,
When do all the lzw related patents expire? I've heard different stories
and am confused by all the different patents that seem to exist for lzw.
I also am unsure as to how to search for information about each of the lzw
patents.
http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:gHNrsOfbP7UC:www.unisys.com/
Oops, this was supposed to be cc'd to debian-legal not debian-devel.
Drew Daniels
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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:22:56 -0600 (CST)
From: Drew Scott Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-devel@lists
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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 20:04:01 +0100
From: Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Drew Scott Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lzw patent search
Hi,
Drew Scott Daniels wrote:
> When do all the lzw related patents exp
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From: "Tartler, Cheryl D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Drew Scott Daniels' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: lzw patent search
The last basic LZW patent to expire is the Canadian one.
-Original Message-
From: Drew Scott Daniels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE
ast basic LZW patent to expire is the Canadian one.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Drew Scott Daniels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:23 AM
> To: Tartler, Cheryl D.
> Cc: *lzw_info; debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: lzw patent search
>
Hmm, did they just tell me that there were other patents to scare me?
Maybe a search with the keyword LZW may be enough?
Drew Daniels
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:15:10 -0500
From: "Tartler, Cheryl D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Drew S
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:30:00 -0500, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 09:31:07AM -0600, Drew Scott Daniels wrote:
> > Hmm, did they just tell me that there were other patents to scare me?
> > Maybe a search with the keyword LZW may be enou
Is the an implied copyright notification (I.e. "code added by person")
sufficient in the debian/copyright or is it necessary to say
explicitly say "year copyright person"?
Upstream explicitly states "year copyright person".
Iirc, I read somewhere that (c) is not the same as the copyright simple
a
Hi,
It seems Sun has announced the release of OpenSolaris.
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It may be interesting to see if Sun's compiler is DFSG compliant.
"Sun Studio 10 for OpenSolaris Entitlement and License" is at:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/sun_studio_tools/sssent/
(don't forget the third part
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