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| I've heard about the GIF licensing fees and all that, but I've never been told the answers to my questions, so I hope you can help me. Actually, there's only one question: Am I breaking the law when I make GIF images? --Tobias (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
| | | | | Re: GIF licensing
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| (...) Unisys holds a patent on the LZW compression algorythm. Common GIF implementations use this. There are implementations (like libungif) that use no compression and can be used freely. If you use software that creates a GIF, and uses LZW (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
| | | | | Re: GIF licensing
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| Hello, one additionally point: IMHO is the use of the GIF algorithms in non-commercial programs for free. -- Greetings, Carsten Schmitz "Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:G35CE8.Jwx@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
| | | | | Re: GIF licensing
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| (...) I don't think that's safe. Unisys' behavior on this point has been erratic. (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
| | | | | Re: GIF licensing
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| Um, well, I dunno if "GifBuilder" for Mac is a commercial program... But since I haven't done it myself, then I guess it's OK. BTW, how is Unisys going to track me down anyway? --Tobias (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
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| (...) Not likely. But they could track down the shareware/freeware authors and harass them. (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
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