Re: [linuxiran] GIF Patent Expired

[Hooman Baradaran]

> The Patent covering the LZW compression algorythm which was used in GIF
> file formats, was expired on June 20. The patent has now expired and is
> in the public domain.
>
> The patent holder was Unisys.
>
> Thus, GIF no more should be avoided. they are now as free to use as PNG.
> Now we should somehow manage to put aside our hatred towards GIFs.
>
> Cheers

I read about this in Slash Dot. But the thing is I tried PNG after I had used 
GIF for a long time (I was a webmaster before I even try Linux) and I find 
PNG to have a better quality than GIF.
In slash dot I read "does this mean we should stop using PNG" - or something 
like than. and I don't want that :(

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