Re: 2.24, see what it does to GIFs in IE

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From: Robert Schlabbach
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00

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Rob Miller <rob.miller@x.cnolife.com> wrote in message
news:7r3a9l$jqs$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> It isn't true.  Unisys only charges the developers of applications that
> encode/decode LZW based GIF files (which is most of them).  I know this,
as
> I write shareware and have read several of their licensing documents.

Well, Rob, did you know _this_:

http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzw-license.html

> the licensing fees are from $2,000 upwards.  Also, in most cases, Unisys
> doesn't charge fees for freeware software developers.  I wouldn't worry
> about them coming after you, if you use GIFs on your site.

No, that's apparently _exactly_ when you need a license: When you created
your gives with a FREEWARE utility for which NO license fee was already
paid. So instead of going after the freeware developers, they go after the
people who USE that freeware.

Regards,
--
Robert Schlabbach
e-mail: robert@powerstation.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE
Technical University of Berlin, Germany

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Date: 1999/09/08
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