Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] The GIF issue

[Bob Schader]

So I guess that the GNU Project is NOT the same as GNU software?
There apparently can be GNU software that does not meet the standards
of the GNU project?

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Loic Dachary" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] The GIF issue


Bob Schader writes:
 > Dan,
 > 
 > I looked into this gif issue tonight, and found the following statement on
 > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html :
 > 
 > Decoding GIFs is a different issue. The Unisys and IBM patents are 
 > both written in such a way that they do not apply to a program which 
 > can only uncompress LZW format and cannot compress. Therefore we 
 > can and will include support for displaying GIF files in GNU software.

The point is to boycott GIF files. This is what the GNU project
does, in addition to finding/providing technical means to avoid the
patent problems. 

Cheers,

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