Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 00:46:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/31109: replace gif images w/ png ones due to patent license Message-ID: <200110082246.f98MkmY86139@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <t9het9hpt0.et9@localhost.localdomain>
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Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > 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.) does it mean that softwares such as ImageMagic, netpbm and co. are properly-licensed ? frankly, I'm not really sure even after reading this : http://www.cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html make it short, only read the first paragraph of the "Post Scriptum" chapter ;^) Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:clefevre@citeweb.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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