Re: MacShrinkit

["Geoff Pool" <gepool@netway.com>]

All,

Just as an FYI: according to the best information I can find, the patent for
the LZW patent expires on July 19th, 2003, at the earliest.  Assuming the
date holds true, that would make it available in about 2 years.

2 years is a long time in the technology sector.

Geoff

"Matthew Russotto" <russotto@wanda.pond.com> wrote in message
news:EKRM6.42714$C4.1933393@e420r-sjo3.usenetserver.com...
> In article <990063648.3b032c20639b5@public.webmail.cotse.com>,
>  <penman@cotse.com> wrote:
> >Hehehe, I forgot about that, QC--thanks!
> >
> >For those of you who don't know the refernce, Shrinkit is based on
> >an alogrythm named, using the intials of it's developers, LZH.
>
> LZW.
>
> >Unisys now owns the copyrights to that alogrythm,
> Patents, and they always have.  IBM owns a patent to the same
> algorithm, maybe you could license that one.
>
> >big bucks for it's use.  We can still distribute current versions
> >of Shrinkit and Shrink II (as well as the AppleWorks based utilities
> >developed by Doug Gum which are now freeare) since they were
> >developed PRIOR to Unisys deciding to enforce their rights.
>
> They could stop that as well, if they wanted to.
>
> >royalities - would be in direct violation of their express
> >wishes.
>
> Cry me a river.
> --
> Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
> "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
> of justice is no virtue."
>