Re: GraphicsMagick & LZW compression
Bob Friesenhahn <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Glenn Randers-Pehrson wrote: > > What are "reasonable steps"? > > I think anything short of forcing the user to take some explicit step > such as typing "--enable-lzw-compression" isn't enough. Putting a > cautionary note in the README isn't enough because we know that only > a small fraction of users read READMEs. A checkbox where they certify > that they aren't in a protected country might be enough. Lets say that company X makes shavers in the US and that French company Y has a French patent on part of the shaver design, but doesn't hold this patent in the US. Company X sells the shavers in the US. An enterprising individual decides that he can make money by selling shavers from company X in France, independently purchases several boxes of shavers, and imports them into France for sale. Has company X infringed on company Y's patent if company X didn't print a warning on the carton that the design of the shaver is patented by company Y in France? I don't think so, because company X didn't intentionally export its shavers to France. Since the burden is obviously on the importer (or exporter), I think that reasonable steps would be a note in the associated README on the ftp site, something key in the file name (e.g. "lzw") so the files can be identified, and a warning note in the installer licenses message. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [email protected] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php