On Monday 29 January 2007, M Harris wrote: > Eventually this issue will die--- like the GIF issue has died... most > folks > use JPEG now.
Seems to me that the GIF issue died because the patent died, which will also happen to mp3 patents circa 2011 give or take a year or two. According to some people JPEG was not totally free either, http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,53981,00.html however these claims were largely (but not totally) struck down only a year ago. http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/30/jpeg_patent_invalida.html Other claims still exist: http://swpat.ffii.org/pikta/xrani/jpeg/index.en.html -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
