Am Thu, 2 Mar 2000 schrieb Hubert Froehlich:
> AFAIK, any software *producing* GIF images (such as Photoshop and all
> that stuff) has to pay license fees to Compuserve. The software user,
> then , has got the right to produce ANY amount of images.
>
> My question now:
>
> a) Is this information correct?
>
> b) what about GIMP? How is the license policy concerning GIMP? To be
> concrete: We want to produce really HUGE AMOUNTS of GIF ( GIF 89a , to
> be precise, NOT the OLD GIF87a ) pictures NOT AT ALL FOR PRIVATE USE and
> don't want ot get any license trouble ...
>
> c) If we need any extra license: where to get it and what does it cost?
a) and c) : Take a look at http://burnallgifs.org/
b) You can't use gimp to produce gifs if you don't live in a country where
the LZW patent doesn't matter.
Michael
