Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: New GIF standard available! Message-ID: Date: 5 Sep 90 16:52:29 GMT References: <9008011858.AA28860@jade.berkeley.edu> <1990Aug2.230752.9471@acheron.uucp> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California. Lines: 21 In-reply-to: sigma@pawl.rpi.edu's message of 4 Sep 90 15:56:10 GMT In article sigma@pawl.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) writes: clarke@acheron.uucp (Ed Clarke/10240000) writes: >Hmmmm .... do they mention compression in the new document? The LZW >code seems to be a violation of the UNISYS patent. Perhaps TIFF would >be a better target since the compression method doesn't have to be >LZW and the aspect ratio is already defined in the file. What UNISYS patent?! On the algorithm, or the appellation 'LZW' (which is/are the initials of the authors, Lempel Ziv and Welch)? The algorithm is used by more programs than I can count, including ARC, and ZIP so they might be interested in hearing about the patent. Check gnus.discuss. Quite the argument going on over there. -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"