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Re: Latest UNISYS LZW patent nonsense -- $5,000 for every web site



On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Ben Gertzfield wrote:

> Well, UNISYS is up to it again. They want $5,000 (count 'em: five
> THOUSAND DOLLARS) from *every* web site that uses GIFs, TIFFs, or PDF
> files with LZW compression.
> 
> And that $5,000 only covers two servers at your site, so you'd better
> stock up on those licenses now!
> 
> http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzw-license.html

their patent(s) expire around 2002-2003. That is
unisys "Make Money Fast" scam...

OK


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