jareth> Olivier Galibert <galibert(a)pobox.com&gt; writes: jareth> current legal-flacks deny [Stallman's quote] ever existed. jareth> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp&gt; writes: jareth> I was not aware of that page, and am troubled by the jareth> differences from whay my researches have turned up. Unisys has every right to change their tune, regardless of the legal standing of the alleged patent on the decompression process. I just dislike lying uninformed lawyers. Heck, those lawyer/PR wackos are claiming that TIFF-LZW is a "version" of LZW, as are "Postscript-2" [sic] and PDF. News to SGI and Adobe, respectively, I'm sure, and it looks like trademark infringement as worded (with nary a reference to the owners of those trademarks). I don't much like Unisys, either, but that doesn't change the legalities of the situation vis-a-vis gifreader. Just 'cause the mad dog might get shot after it bites you is no reason to get in its way. jareth> I really would like to get this cleared up, but I can't jareth> afford any legal risks right now, much as I'd like to jareth> challenge the system. Not your job. Don't... jareth> "It's a sad sign of the times when 'political machine' is jareth> redefined to include 'main-line battle tank'" - Ambassador jareth> Grossblunder ... not even Retief could solve this one asa-meshi-mae. -- University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences Tel/fax: +1 (298) 53-5091