Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-11 Thread Rudy Gevaert
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 01:36:12AM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 04:50:37PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > > Maybe for you. As I posted the last time this came up, there are > > still uses. > > I'm curious now; what use is an uncompressed gif file? So you can view it anyhow... bu

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-11 Thread Alan Shutko
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm curious now; what use is an uncompressed gif file? Animated pics with older browsers, for one. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Cats have 9 lives. Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-11 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 04:50:37PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote: > > > >> LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. > > > > And loose all appeal instantly > > Maybe for you. As I pos

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? http://packages.debian.org/stable/graphics/gimp1.1-nonfree.html -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread John Hasler
Carl Fink writes: > Okay, technically it's LZW that's patented, but even I, the owner of > nitpicking.com, didn't want to bother explaining in that level of detail. It isn't an irrelevant detail. GIF's don't have to be compressed. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisc

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 03:39:53PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > GIF is a patented format. > > No, it isn't. Okay, technically it's LZW that's patented, but even I, the owner of nitpicking.com, didn't want to bother explaining in that level of detail.

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote: > >> LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. > > And loose all appeal instantly Maybe for you. As I posted the last time this came up, there are still uses. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote: > LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. And loose all appeal instantly -- I did not vote for the Austrian government -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > GIF is a patented format. No, it isn't. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! All constants are variables. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > gifs are patent encumbered LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Somewhere, just out of sight, the unicorns are gathering. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Chad Walstrom
Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree Package: gimp1.2-nonfree Priority: optional Section: non-free/graphics Installed-Size: 57 Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Andrey Vlassov
  No it is linux community doesn't support gif format because of it patent for compression. But you can recompile GIMP with support for gif without any problem. Andrey Jim Lynch wrote: Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Thanks, Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? GIF is a patented format. It can be (and is) argued that supporting it without paying patent license fees is illegal. Therefore no "free" (libre) software collection ca

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Have you installed the gimp1.2-nonfree package? Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 19:34, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree gifs are patent encumbered -- I did not vote for the Austrian government -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Jim Lynch
Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Thanks, Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]