You mean http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html is misleading?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Trejkaz Xaoza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 2:25 PM Subject: Re: Encoding and decoding JPEG images > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > Depends on what you mean by GIF-support, there are issues with encoding > > since the LZW compression algorithm is patented (some more info > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html), decoding is not a probem though > > since both patents covering the LZW only include compression and not > > decompression. > > Actually, the LZW patent expired earlier this year... but PNG is a superior > format to GIF in any case. :-) > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
