* RE: New Berkeley DB 4.5.20 from Oracle Corporation
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@ 2007-07-12 17:19 ` Dave Korn
2007-07-12 17:59 ` Igor Peshansky
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From: Dave Korn @ 2007-07-12 17:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 12 July 2007 17:58, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> I don't have a fat one. I do have a spinning one, which, unfortunately,
> is a GIF.
Why does that matter any more? I thought GIFs have been unencumbered for
quite a while now...
cheers,
DaveK
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* RE: New Berkeley DB 4.5.20 from Oracle Corporation
2007-07-12 17:19 ` New Berkeley DB 4.5.20 from Oracle Corporation Dave Korn
@ 2007-07-12 17:59 ` Igor Peshansky
2007-07-12 20:45 ` Christopher Faylor
2007-07-12 23:28 ` Warren Young
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From: Igor Peshansky @ 2007-07-12 17:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 12 July 2007 17:58, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>
> > I don't have a fat one. I do have a spinning one, which, unfortunately,
> > is a GIF.
>
> Why does that matter any more? I thought GIFs have been unencumbered
> for quite a while now...
You know, I don't know... Old habits die hard, I guess...
Besides, isn't the Unisys patent still valid in some god-forsaken patent
office or something?
Igor
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* Re: New Berkeley DB 4.5.20 from Oracle Corporation
2007-07-12 17:59 ` Igor Peshansky
@ 2007-07-12 20:45 ` Christopher Faylor
2007-07-12 23:28 ` Warren Young
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2007-07-12 20:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 01:58:46PM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> On 12 July 2007 17:58, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>>
>> > I don't have a fat one. I do have a spinning one, which, unfortunately,
>> > is a GIF.
>>
>> Why does that matter any more? I thought GIFs have been unencumbered
>> for quite a while now...
>
>You know, I don't know... Old habits die hard, I guess...
>
>Besides, isn't the Unisys patent still valid in some god-forsaken patent
>office or something?
I thought the patents had expired everywhere but then, you know what?
I A N A L !
Woo hoo! I feel pumped now!
cgf
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* Re: New Berkeley DB 4.5.20 from Oracle Corporation
2007-07-12 17:59 ` Igor Peshansky
2007-07-12 20:45 ` Christopher Faylor
@ 2007-07-12 23:28 ` Warren Young
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From: Warren Young @ 2007-07-12 23:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List
Igor Peshansky wrote:
>
> Besides, isn't the Unisys patent still valid in some god-forsaken patent
> office or something?
Nope, the last one expired three years ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF#Unisys_and_LZW_patent_enforcement
I seem to recall another high-profile software patent that just expired
recently in the US but is still valid elsewhere, but I can't bring it to
mind right now.
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