>>>>> "bruce" == bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
bruce> Please be aware that the GIF patent issue is for WRITERS
bruce> only. Readers do not use the patented algorithm. Often you
bruce> can put the writer in non-free and leave the rest of the
bruce> program in main.
So is it okay to distribute the source that will generate this
non-free GIF writer in main, as is the case with the gimp package?
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