John Zukowski wrote:
>
> You have to pay Unisys only if you create software that creates GIFs, not
> if you USE software that creates GIFs.
>
> See http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/weekly/aa083099.htm for a
> description if you are confused.
The article says "In other words, if you are producing GIFs with
a licensed program, you have nothing to worry about".
So, if you're using the Acme gif encoder for things like generating
dynamic gifs on a web site, or (like I do) encoding an Image object
to send it through the network, that's a no no.
(I wonder if the gif reader in the vm is licensed ...)
For the people who suggested PNG, that would be nice, but PNG still
doesn't have enough support to be used a lot (JDK 1.3, c'mon !!!)
BTW
Gosh, the thing I hate the most about the software industry is all the
legalese. If I'd know this, I'd have taken some law classes !
--
- Augusto Sellhorn
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