When this HooHa started I was under the impression that the algorithm
was patented _after_ CS produced the GIF format but before Unisys was
involved. I was wrong?

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Alf

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Mark Gordon <mtg### [at] mailbagcom> wrote in message
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> David wrote:
>
> > Did Unisys even make the GIF format?
>
> CompuServe made the GIF format, using an algorithm that they did not
> realize had been patented by a company that had subsequently been
> purchased by Unisys.  Had CompuServe known the algorithm was
encumbered
> by a patent, they probably would have chosen a different algorithm.
>
> -Mark Gordon

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