[wplug] C#

[Bill Moran]

Diana A. Clarion wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:31:48AM -0500, Chester R. Hosey wrote:
>> Microsoft has hinted strongly that they won't be charging any such fees,
>> but the community reaction (shared by Red Hat) has largely been one of
>> mistrust. There is reluctance to adopt C# without a clear and binding
>> statement from Microsoft allowing for Free (especially GPL or LGPL)
>> redistribution of their related technologies.
>>
> Anyone remember UNISYS and the GIF format?

Is that completely dead at this point?  Didn't the patent expire or
something?

I think the PNG format made that a non-issue.  I mean, if UNISYS had
aggressively defended their patent, everyone would have dropped GIF
in favor of PNG.  And UNISYS knew it.

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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