On 8/14/06, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote: > > On 8/14/2006 at 11:29 AM Jason McBrien wrote: > > Didn't the patent on LZW expire in 2003? No encumbrance there. > > Cheers, > Chuck For now... check the second paragraph. http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/lzw Yep, it's probably not an issue anymore, but you never know.