Re: [ros-dev] libjpeg

[Magnus Olsen]

links about the issue
http://slashdot.org/yro/02/07/18/157217.shtml?tid=155

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63200,00.html?tw=wn_story_related

The patent will run out in oct 2006
after that I do not see any problem with usinh libjpg or have it in reactos
Before that it is not accpect


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Hazelton" <dhazelton(a)enter.net>
To: "ReactOS Development List" <ros-dev(a)reactos.org>
Sent: den 30 December 2005 13:05
Subject: Re: [ros-dev] libjpeg


>   On Friday 30 December 2005 03:44, 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?
>  As far as I know the IJPG implementation (that is, the International JPEG
>  group) - which is used by MS as well as all GNU systems - is totally free 
and
>   clear. It is covered by something similar to the GPL
> and, IIRC, all you 
need
>   to do is include a copy of the license and state that
> you are using the
>  license. MS does this and, of course, Linux and BSD and all other OS
>  operating systems include all the docs from the source distro as well as, 
in
>   most cases, including the complete source.
>
>  D.R.H.
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[Magnus Olsen]

Link about ms getting sue using jpg
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1789074,00.asp

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Magnus Olsen" <magnus(a)itkonsult-olsen.com>
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Sent: den 30 December 2005 13:54
Subject: [ros-general] Re: [ros-dev] libjpeg


>   links about the issue
>  http://slashdot.org/yro/02/07/18/157217.shtml?tid=155
>
>  
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63200,00.html?tw=wn_story_related
>  
>  The patent will run out in oct 2006
>  after that I do not see any problem with usinh libjpg or have it in 
reactos
>   Before that it is not accpect
>
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "D. Hazelton" <dhazelton(a)enter.net>
>  To: "ReactOS Development List" <ros-dev(a)reactos.org>
>  Sent: den 30 December 2005 13:05
>  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] libjpeg
>
>
>  > On Friday 30 December 2005 03:44, 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?
>  >
>  > As far as I know the IJPG implementation (that is, the International 
JPEG
>   > group) - which is used by MS as well as all GNU
> systems - is totally 
free
>   and
> >   clear. It is covered by something similar to the
> > GPL and, IIRC, all you 
>  need
>  > to do is include a copy of the license and state that you are using the
>  > license. MS does this and, of course, Linux and BSD and all other OS
>  > operating systems include all the docs from the source distro as well 
as,
>   in
> >   most cases, including the complete source.
> >
> >  D.R.H.
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  Ros-dev mailing list
> >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev 
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