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Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:25:36 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cygwin AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm>
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Subject: Re: Updated: libungif-4.1.4-1
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Brian Dessent wrote:
> Luke Kendall wrote:
>>Are there still countries left, in which this patent has not yet
>>expired?
> 
> The unisys patent has expired in most major countries.  There is still
> an IBM patent that is valid until sometime in 2006. 
[snip]
> I think there has already
> been discussion about this in the cygwin list, but I don't remember what
> the resulting conclusion was in terms of what it means for cygwin
> packages.

See here:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-10/msg00611.html

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Chuck

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