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Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Slackware Modules Manager - savanna
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Thorsten Sauter |
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Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Slackware Modules Manager - savannah.gnu.org |
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Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:27:46 +0000 |
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Hi Andrea,
I am evaluating your request (slackmod) for Savannah hosting.
Please remove GIF image files from your project homepage and replace them
with an other format (such as PNG or JPEG).
Because of the patents (Unisys and IBM) covering the LZW compression
algorithm which are used when making GIF files, it's impossible to have
free software to generate proper GIFs. These patents also apply to the
compress program.
For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html.
Regards,
Thorsten
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