We'd have to remove all US mirrors, various distributions like RedHat, and whoever else bundle PHP wouldn't be able to do so from the US servers and all sorts of other complications. So yes, the rest of the world will have to wait for the US patent to expire. It's only GIF. You shouldn't be using it anyway.
I'll have a look at the IMG_ constants when I get a chance. -Rasmus On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Tit "Black" Petric wrote: > > > gif support is not likely to be re-added, correct? > > > > I added GIF Read-only support already. We cannot add Gif-write support > > until the Unisys patent expires next year. > > whats the status on the IMG_* constants then, i dont know about IMG_GIF_READ > and/or IMG_GIF_WRITE, there is only IMG_GIF.. will those bits be set to 0 > untill gif support is complete, and if not, why? > > my suggestion would be leave the RO support for gif in tact, and IMG_GIF > bits set to false until the write support is returned and functional in > read/write operations - > > p.s. the unisys patent is only an U.S. patent right? what about the non-us > states? forced to wait until it expires? what happens after it expires, and > can the expiration be somehow avoided from the unisys side (which would be a > total drag) > > i didnt know patents can expire.. and it would be logical to assume there is > some way to extend the ownership/validation - like domains etc > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
