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Burn all Gif, Unisys ComeBack !!!

Author:Karl Dubost
Posted:9/17/1999; 3:46:45 AM
Topic:Burn all Gif, Unisys ComeBack !!!
Msg #:11206
Prev/Next:11205 / 11207

Silly and Funny !!!

As you probably already know, The Gif format is right protected by a patent. Unisys ask you now to pay patents fees for the right to use gif on your own site. ---> 5,000 US$ by website !!!

Leave Gif for PNG that is far better.

With PNG, you could have millions of color, progressive display, and compress rate up to 300.

Unisys Request : http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzwfaq.html
The Patent : http://www.patents.ibm.com/cgi-bin/viewpat.cmd/US04558302__
The PNG : http://graphicswiz.com/png/pngintro.html
and http://burnallgifs.org

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