Re: GIF patent issue

1998-01-01 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 31.12.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Please be aware that the GIF patent issue is for WRITERS only. Readers > do not use the patented algorithm. Often you can put the writer in non-free > and leave the rest of the program in main. Indeed. The problem is the compression

Re: GIF patent issue

1997-12-31 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "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 ok