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2004.05.17 14:32 "Re: (no subject)", by Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 17 May 2004 mayankg@iiitb.ac.in wrote: > 3. If there are any licensing issues with installing those patches? (e.g. I > have come to know that for supporting lzw compression we need to install a > patch and also need to buy out a license for using the same) The LZW patent expires world-wide this July. > 4. Apart from 8, 16, 32 and so on, bits per sample TIFF images, are there any > other bit per sample TIFF images possible e.g. > 1, 2, 4, 9, 17 and like wise other bits per sample images. Many things are possible with TIFF. Particularly, for PseudoClass images, a full range of bits per sample are possible. For example, images with 5 bits per sample may be supported (but are exceedingly uncommon). Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen