Re: [Gimp-developer] Fix for the gif plugin.

2001-09-09 Thread Austin Donnelly 

On Sunday, 9 Sep 2001, David Odin wrote:

   I've two question about this plugin:
- why gifload and gif are kept separated, when, for most image
  formats, the loader and the saver is in the same plugin?

Patent reasons: you need a Unisys LZW compression patent licence in
order to use the gif save plugin, whereas gifloader doesn't need you
to have a patent licence.  Since most people don't have an LZW
compression licence they aren't allowed to use the saver but everyone
is allowed to use the loader.  Hence they are separate plugins so you
can choose to install both if you possess a licence, but only the
loader if you don't.

Of course, we can't stop you using the saver gif plugin illegally (ie
without a licence), but then that's your own problem, not ours.

- the code of gif.c looks unmaintained, and rather dirty (lots of
  code commented out, define for FACEHUGGERS, no real copyright
  notice, etc.) Who is the current maintainer?

It is maintained (and fairly regularly), by Adam Moss.

Austin
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Fix for the gif plugin.

2001-09-09 Thread Sven Neumann 

Hi,

David Odin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

   OK. I've attached a similar patch for the gif plugin. It does
 basically the same thing as my patch for the jpeg plugin (replacing a
 GtkText by a GtkTextView/GtkTextBuffer couple).
 
   I've two question about this plugin:
- why gifload and gif are kept separated, when, for most image
  formats, the loader and the saver is in the same plugin?
- the code of gif.c looks unmaintained, and rather dirty (lots of
  code commented out, define for FACEHUGGERS, no real copyright
  notice, etc.) Who is the current maintainer?

as stated in PLUGIN_MAINTAINERS Adam D. Moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] maintains
the gif plug-ins. He should be able to tell you why he chose two 
separate plug-ins (licensing?!). Oh, and yes, Adam has this very special 
british humour that makes his code fun to read...


Salut, Sven
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