From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jun 1 10:40: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 186E137C0F0 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:40:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id KAA12276; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200006011740.KAA12276@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ade Lovett Subject: Re: ports/18906: No gif images in KDE 1.1.2 applications. Reply-To: Ade Lovett Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/18906; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ade Lovett To: Will Andrews 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