[News] Serious allegations about H&P | ANN.lu |
Posted on 08-Nov-2001 14:17 GMT by Christian Kemp | 164 comments View flat View list |
Amigo follows up on serious allegations about H&P and says: "I also just asked Unisys as it says here, and am waiting for a reply. If true, H&P could probably be forced to close."
[ If H&P indeed didn't pay royalties for Unisys' GIF algorithm, they might not be forced to close per se, but if this is indeed true, and Unisys decides to sue, they might have to pay some serious fines. Also note that while this is not in unmoderated, it's highly speculative, unconfirmed and generally should be taken with the usual grain of salt - CK ]
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Comment 1 | Graham | | 08-Nov-2001 13:25 GMT |
Comment 2 | Graham | | 08-Nov-2001 13:37 GMT |
Comment 3 | Anonymous | | 08-Nov-2001 13:50 GMT |
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Posted by Anonymous on 08-Nov-2001 14:05 GMT | In reply to Comment 2 (Graham): Read the article on Cloanto.com, it is well-written, even if long. Also read the page from Unisys listed in that post, it specifically mentions European patents.
Just to clarify:
- You cannot inherit a license like this, you must be licensed yourself with Unisys. If one is in doubt, emailing Unisys is sufficient, AFAIK they answer quickly and professionally.
- Even if developed before Unisys started asking for a license, GIF/TIFF/LZW code still must be licensed.
- This also applies to freely downloadable code.
- Unisys also has valid and unsuccessfully-challenged patents in Europe, not only in the USA.
- Unisys is known to go into very tough litigations about these issues, they already forced a company who tried to ignore this to almost close down, I don't remember the name, it was the publisher of a graphics package for Windows. |
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