GIF patent expiring?

[Ken Moffat]

Can someone verify this? or reveal the truth?

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Topic: It's Free GIF Day!, Section: The Penguin's Den [11]
From: Ian Loxton / Australia 74777,3044, To: All 

20 June 2003, marks the expiry of Unisys' patent on GIF LZW 
compression!

Free GIF for everyone!

 Ian,
 from Adelaide, South Australia
 on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:50 (Aust. Central Time +9:30 UTC)

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Ian,

>>> Free GIF for everyone! <<<

  That's not true, only the US patent is phasing out.

For most countries in europe it will be summer 2004. How about AU ?

Helmut




-- 
Ken