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2005.07.25 18:14 "Re: JBIG compression support", by Bob Friesenhahn
> > I am sending this message to announce the development and to solicit any > > discussion that others may wish to have on this topic. > > Most excellent! JBIG-KIT uses the GPL license (not LGPL) and I have heard > that use of JBIG is covered by some patents. Since this is the case, should > the configure script default to not supporting JBIG so that users don't > accidentally violate licenses? FYI, patent information as discovered by the JBIG-KIT author is available at "http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/jbigkit/patents.html". Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/