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