[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Fax

[Steve Underwood]

Lee Howard wrote:

> Brian West wrote:
>
>> No it is really about faxing.  As someone that has first hand 
>> knowledge of the case outlined on Groklaw, it is in fact about faxing.
>>
>> Go read the two patents very carefully!  If you email it you break 
>> 638, if you store it you break 021.
>
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>
> How, then, do these patents themselves not violate Brooktrout's own 
> portfolio of earlier fax-specific patents covering virtually the same 
> things?

You could similarly ask how Brooktrout got patents on doing things 
common at the time. Or why people are still wary of using GIF, even 
though the Unisys patent on LZW has expired.... but IBMs identical 
patent has not.

Regards,
Steve