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TheFLY · 07-06-2003, 09:37 AM

LZW compression is used in GIF and certain TIFF formats.

As of June 21,2003 the LZW patent on compression/decompression expired in all
countries except Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Japan.
In the listed countries the LZW patent will expire in June/July 2004.

07-06-2003, 09:37 AM
TheFLY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: http://www.thefly.net/ --- Quit your job and live off steady traffic. Posts: 11,856	June 21, 2003 the LZW patent on compression/decompression expired LZW compression is used in GIF and certain TIFF formats. As of June 21,2003 the LZW patent on compression/decompression expired in all countries except Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Japan. In the listed countries the LZW patent will expire in June/July 2004.