As far as I know, GIF's patent has already expired, it wouldn't surprise me if JPEG's will do so, too.
On 12/30/05, Casper Hornstrup ch@csh-consult.dk wrote:
Well, it says the patent will expire in 2006.
Casper
-----Original Message----- From: ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] On Behalf Of Maarten Bosma Sent: 30. december 2005 12:46 To: ReactOS Development List Subject: Re: [ros-dev] libjpeg
Casper Hornstrup wrote:
No problem here. JPEG is complex and I doubt we can find a significant smaller implementation. Which parts are patented and in which countries? Can you disable the parts that is covered by patents by default like we do with freetype?
Casper
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