<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> In 02/02/2016 04:28 PM, William Bader wrote:<br> <blockquote cite="mid:BLU179-W71B70C59F3031CCE29098BC4DF0@phx.gbl" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <style></style> <div dir="ltr">Are there LZW patent issues?</div> </blockquote> Previously there was, but the patent expired in 2003 in the US and 2004 internationally, so patents are not an issue.<br> See <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.swpat.org/wiki/LZW_algorithm_patent">http://en.swpat.org/wiki/LZW_algorithm_patent</a><br> <br> <blockquote cite="mid:BLU179-W71B70C59F3031CCE29098BC4DF0@phx.gbl" type="cite"> <div dir="ltr"> <div>I'll send a patch tomorrow.</div> </div> </blockquote> Cool, I was starting to do my own patch, but I'll look forward to yours instead.<br> <br> Thanks,<br> Pierre-Luc<br> </body> </html>