Henning Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In such a case, the layered format is the preferred form,
Perhaps for you. Not for everybody.
No, for everybody: for the simple reason that if you have distributed
that, then the raw pixels of the gif are still accessible and can be
edited. I wish
Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
Henning Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
for the simple reason that if you have distributed that, then the
raw pixels of the gif are still accessible and can be edited,
But if they are not the preferred form, it is illegal to edit them
On Sunday, Jun 22, 2003, at 08:11 US/Eastern, Henning Makholm wrote:
But if they are not the preferred form, it is illegal to edit them (at
least, it it illegal to distribute the edited gifs). So what's the
point of being *able* to do so?
If you merge the layers of an image, then edit
On Monday, Jun 23, 2003, at 02:44 US/Eastern, Thomas Bushnell, BSG
wrote:
The reason is quite clear: because otherwise one could very trivially
escape the GPL's requirements entirely, by making some little
modification directly to the binary for some program, and then
claiming that the binary
Scripsit Anthony DeRobertis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sunday, Jun 22, 2003, at 08:11 US/Eastern, Henning Makholm wrote:
But if they are not the preferred form, it is illegal to edit them (at
least, it it illegal to distribute the edited gifs).
If you merge the layers of an image, then edit
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