Hi!
> > Patents on software algorithms are illegal in most of europe.
>
> It's a bit more subtle than that. I've talked a bit about that with
> the university professor who taught an intellectual property course
> for engineering students and algorithms and mathematic stuff as such
> is not patentable. In combination with a physical device it is. So in
> his opinion, according to Belgian law, Unisys wouldn't have gotten a
> patent on LZW compressing, but they could have gotten a patent on the
> application of LZW for communication through a telephone line, i.e. in
> modem application.
And if I do LZW in software instead of in hardware, I'm still in
violation of their patent? But gif is certainly okay, right?
Pavel
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