1999.11.30 22:23 "libtiff 3.5.3 release.", by Michael L. Welles
- 1999.11.30 22:53 "Re: libtiff 3.5.3 release.", by Izumi Ohzawa
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1999.11.30 23:07 "Re: libtiff 3.5.3 release.", by Martin Bailey
- 1999.12.01 14:08 "Re: libtiff 3.5.3 release.", by Bruce Cameron
- 1999.12.01 14:33 "Re: libtiff 3.5.3 release.", by Andy
1999.12.01 00:08 "Re: libtiff 3.5.3 release.", by Michael L. Welles
Richard Stallman informed Frank and I that the FSF's lawyers see LZW compression as encumbered by the patent:
> My understanding is that LZW decompression is not encumbered by the LZW
> patent, but that LZW compression is. Do you know if that is true?
>
> That is how our lawyers read the patent, and so that is what we
> base our actions on.
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