Yes, the intention was never to remove the ability to link against the system GD lib.
-Rasmus On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Robinson, Mike wrote: > Rasmus Lerdorf writes: > > > Well, supporting writing regular GIF files is not something > > we can legally do. It is not us making the decision. There will > > definitely be no writing of LZW-GIF files in PHP. I am not > > willing to blatantly violate a patent that is being actively > > enforced. > > Will it still be possible to build PHP with external GD libs? > Assuming that is the case, the issue is really moot. Bundling > GD is a good idea; it'll make things much easier and much better > for many people, which is a fundamental PHP approach. > > And I understand your trepidation entirely. Nobody wants a > brouhaha with Unisys. > > Best Regards > > Mike Robinson > IT/Developer - Torstar Media Group Television > Phone: 416.945.8786 Fax: 416.869.4566 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
