Re: [License of kernel components] linux-2.x.y/Documentation/logo.GIF should be logo.PNG?

From: Ian Hastie
Date: Tue Dec 23 2003 - 15:46:34 EST


On Tuesday 23 Dec 2003 19:38, Erik Andersen wrote:
>The LZW patents in the United
> Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy however are still active, and
> will expire June 18, 2004.

Are these patents enforceable in under current law? I may well have the wrong
idea here, but I thought that the recent controversial EU legislation was
about to enabling this sort of patent.

--
Ian.

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