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19984: RE: [MUD-Dev] Libs for 3D Client/Servers

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From: "Jon Lambert" <tychomud@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 22:19:30 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max Gilead

> Jon Lambert wrote:
 
>> The only reference I can think of offhand is the GIF format
>> (owned by Sperry?).
 
> GIF file format is owned by CompuServer and is free to use. GIF
> compression algorithm is owned by Unisys and requires license to
> use.

Ah..I knew I was close.  Unisys was formed from Sperry and
Burroughs.

I just thought of another example.  IBM has patented nearly every
one of their communications transmission protocols like... SNA,
SDLC, APPC, etc.

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