Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:54:40 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LZW patent expired Message-ID: <20030623155440.376df5f2.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20030622202320.GA19912@merlin.emma.line.org> References: <20030620124038.GA99431@nevermind.kiev.ua> <20030620145936.B2774@newtrinity.zeist.de> <20030620130555.GA98549@nagual.pp.ru> <20030620131442.GS24175@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <m365n0almz.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <20030622204735.0badc260.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <20030622202320.GA19912@merlin.emma.line.org>
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 22:23:20 +0200
Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote:
> > > I don't care about software patents _YET_, so why bother. The patent
> > > cannot possibly have been issued under the German Patent Act. If it was,
> > > the patent is unlawful.
> >
> > But as long as it is listed as a patent they can sue you if you use it
> > and you have to pay a lawyer, regardless of the unlawfulness of the
> > patent.
>
> I'm not using or shipping unlicensed LZW code.
>
> What I mean is: if someone gets sued in Germany, he might try to
> challenge the patent itself.
Yes, but he has to have the money to do it...
Bye,
Alexander.
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