Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:40:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/18906: No gif images in KDE 1.1.2 applications. Message-ID: <200006011740.KAA12276@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/18906; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/18906: No gif images in KDE 1.1.2 applications. Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:31:40 -0500 On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 10:20:14AM -0700, Will Andrews wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 12:45:57PM -0700, sune.falck@swipnet.se wrote: > > No KDE 1.1.2 applications can display gif images. > > There's a reason for this: Unisys's GIF patent. You could always use graphics/libungif -- the patent is for the LZW compression.. uncompressed GIF images are fine (though should probably be changed to PNG) -aDe -- Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. ade@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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