Re: [Tcllib-devel] pure tcl bmp reader/writer

[David W. <dav...@gm...>]

> A second thing, sort of unrelated, that the TCT as well as every other
> Tcl developer needs to keep in mind is the Microsoft lawsuit, filed in
> the past week, against open source developers who make use of technology
> for which Microsoft has patents. If bmp is one of those technologies,
> then we might not want to have it in any of our distributed
> libraries....

Microsoft did not file a lawsuit last week.  They suggested that Linux
and other open source systems infringe on their patents.

I wouldn't worry about it in any case.  They are not going to go after tcllib.

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