2007.07.16 12:33 "Re: [Tiff] [ANNOUNCE]: Libtiff 4.0.0alpha released", by Andrey Kiselev

On 7/16/07, Andy Cave <andy.cave@hamillroad.com> wrote:

That is exactly what I'm asking - are we forcing people to choose (like they had to with LZW before it became patent free), or are we allowing them to by default build/distribute s/w that is bound by the GPL and infringes patents.

LZW codec was a part of libtiff library. That is why it was put in separate package. JBIG codec is not a part of the library. It should be downloaded and built separately. How we forcing anybody to download and built software that is not required for main libtiff functionality?

Best regards,

Andrey

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