They didn't exactly give it up, the patent expired.

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Nathan McMinn
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NequalsOne - HealthCare marketing tools
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:09 AM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: OT: GIF
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> > You can generate jpegs and pngs but not gifs because the gif image
> > format is
> > commercial. I think you must have a license to create gif images.
> 
> rumour is the GIF license is free again. Compuserve gave it up. Free 
> software
> will (in time) be able to support it again ... if they wish...
> 
> I can't really confirm that rumour though. anyone ?
> 
> cu
> *pike
> 
> =========
> Microsoft: HOWTO: Read the Fucking Manual
> 
> "This article demonstrates how to read the fucking manual" 
> http://radio.weblogs.com/0001263/junk/Q209354%20-%20HOWTO.html



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