Thread: GIF - June 20th
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Old 06-12-2003, 09:32 AM
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Originally posted by Milkdude99
I was just wondering Stefan why is it you don't think the patents will be renewed again?If they don't someone will come along and pick them up and start charging for the use of them.
Because Unisys owns .gif license and does not plan to renew the patent after 2004. If someone wants to "renew" it, it has to be Unisys or someone who buys it from Unisys. It doesn't become public domain.
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