patent

[The Torn]

Hello,

I work for a company located in UE. For now software isnt patented in UE but
its gonna change.

So i have a question:

if a company in US (where software can be patended)
develep program in i.e. in java and their programs displays
pictures in jpg . Do they have to buy licencse to jpg algorithm.

JPG is suported by java now - so sun must have bought the license.
Is this transferable - which mean - if java suprots jpg or gif and a
programmer or a company develops programs in java is it still necessry to
buy a license for jpg. We dont use jpg algorithm per se. We just wanna
display images.

Im interested in situation in U.S. becasue i am gonna predict what will
happen if softwre would be subject to patents in UE.

regards
Sebastian

[Craig Hennessey]

Re: patent

The Torn wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I work for a company located in UE. For now software isnt patented in UE
> but its gonna change.
>
> So i have a question:
>
> if a company in US (where software can be patended)
> develep program in i.e. in java and their programs displays
> pictures in jpg . Do they have to buy licencse to jpg algorithm.
>
> JPG is suported by java now - so sun must have bought the license.
> Is this transferable - which mean - if java suprots jpg or gif and a
> programmer or a company develops programs in java is it still necessry to
> buy a license for jpg. We dont use jpg algorithm per se. We just wanna
> display images.
>
> Im interested in situation in U.S. becasue i am gonna predict what will
> happen if softwre would be subject to patents in UE.[/color]

Probably better pointed at a lawyer, they make these stupid laws up to keep
them in business. JPG is controlled by a strange patent structure, visit

http://www.jpeg.org/faq.phtml?action=show_answer&question_id=q3f042a5e42fd8

for more information...

Basically stay well clear of JPEG and show your support for a patent free
graphics solution, such as PNG. Not sure about Java support though?

Craig

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