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Re: Updated: libungif-4.1.4-1


Brian Dessent wrote:
Luke Kendall wrote:
Are there still countries left, in which this patent has not yet
expired?

The unisys patent has expired in most major countries. There is still
an IBM patent that is valid until sometime in 2006.
[snip]
I think there has already
been discussion about this in the cygwin list, but I don't remember what
the resulting conclusion was in terms of what it means for cygwin
packages.

See here: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-10/msg00611.html

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Chuck

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