Hi, > Well, as far as I understand it, simply reading an LZW compressed GIF > would not violate the license. It is software that creates LZW-compressed > GIF files that need to pay up. So, we could still support GIF and > manipulate LZW-compressed files, but once we read it in and manipulate it, > we would not be able to write out an LZW-compressed GIF. That means the > GIF files created by PHP-GD would be much larger.
Which is not a problem IMHO. Like said before, GIF should go away. The only reason to support GIF (for me at least) is to make it possible to migrate to other formats gradually, without breaking existing scripts. We still have users who use GIF output, and it would be nicer to say to them: migrate to PNG because it is more efficient, than: migrate to PNG *NOW* otherwise your site won't work anymore... Oh, yes, and a +1 from me on integrating GD! Sander. -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
