11 Jun
2003
11 Jun
'03
08:30
On Monday 09 June 2003 18:52, Rich3800@aol.com wrote:
It reminds me of a number of events such as when IBM was part of a certain standards workgroup and IBM tried to assert copyrights over the standards the workgroup was working on. Another example: the GIF image format. After years of use of the GIF files format, its owner comes out to assert its rights, probably expecting that, given the wide use of this image format, it could extort a lot of money from unsuspecting users.
Which reminds me,... The Gif patent runs out in a month! ;-) -- _____________________________________ John Andersen