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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Tom Potts wrote:
> I'm trying to get my daughters school to start sharing teaching material
> online and drag them into the FLOSS world but I need to get my facts
> straight:
> 1) Can anyone with a disabled computer tell me if IE can now display PNG as is
> or does it still need that annoying bit of javascript to get it working.
No issues with ieeee 7 under WinXP.
No issues with ieeee 6 under Win2000.
> 2) Have those JPG patents expired/been laughed off the planet etc
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG#Potential_patent_issues
As of October 27, 2006, the U.S. patent's 20-year term appears to have
expired, and in November 2006, Forgent agreed to abandon enforcement of
patent claims against use of the JPEG standard.[22]
So, yes.
Gordon
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