Re: [Plug] Good bye GIFs

Nick R on 1999年8月29日 11:41:25 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] Good bye GIFs

Um, how is this possible? Doesn't their patent only cover the LZW compression algorithm? I thought anybody could decompress it for free? This is just crazy. It'll be funny though if geoshitties and the like start banning .gif files along with mp3s.

Say, why can't you just make a new algorithm that has the same effect so that it wouldn't be covered by the patent?


From: Morgan Wajda-Levie <mpwl@locke.ccil.org>
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Subject: [Plug] Good bye GIFs
Date: 1999年8月29日 09:14:45 -0500

It seems that Unissys (misspelled) is now threatening to sue any page
that uses gifs for a 5000ドル licensing fee. This includes
non-commerical sites. You can check out /. for more.

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