Raymond Gardner, rgardner@teal.csn.org, 8 Jan 1995 23:11:58 GMT, comp.graphics/comp.compression, Message-ID <3eprfu$jqs@news-2.csn.net>. See also Michael Battilana's article discussing the legal history of the GIF/LZW controversy: http://www.cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html.