Date: 08 Oct 2001 12:52:59 -0700 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/31109: replace gif images w/ png ones due to patent license Message-ID: <t9het9hpt0.et9@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200110080210.f982A2w72199@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200110080210.f982A2w72199@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > This looks good to me. Is there any reason not to convert all of our > images to PNG? I have no reason, but I'll offer the next paragraph in case it matters to anyone (and in case you don't all know it already :<). From what I've read (at trustworthy places like /.), the display of GIF images is explicitly permitted (without royalties) by the patent holder. It is only the sale of them or the sale of software that generates them (I forget which) which requires royalty payments. (Meaning that you're free to display GIFs you make with properly-licensed software.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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