It's Unisys' patent on LZW that was the problem, or at least that was my understanding.
--mikej -=------ mike jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Pike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:09 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
