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- From: Roland Orre <orre@nada.kth.se>
- To: taavid@hot.ee
- Cc: patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] lzw, gif
- Date: 03 May 2003 22:27:59 +0200
- Organization: Royal Institute of Technology
On Sat, 2003-05-03 at 22:06, taavid@hot.ee wrote:
> Patent problems around LZW and therefore around GIF - didn't this in some
> way prove, that patents are still useful - lot of new "things" were invented
> and created due to patent... png, gzip, ...
It merely proves the opposite, that technology is held back by patents.
png gzip and such are great creations but not really an advance forward
of technology, merely a replacement. The more software patents, the more
people have to put effort into replacing technology, when it's doable,
which is not at all guaranteed by software patents.
Roland
- lzw, gif, taavid
- Re: [Patents] lzw, gif, Roland Orre
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