- From: Andrew Daviel <andrew@andrew.triumf.ca>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 12:26:31 -0800 (PST)
- To: WWW-HTML List <www-html@w3.org>
Subject: GIF software licensed for Web ? Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.images Does anyone know what software is licensed by Unisys to create GIF images (or PostScript 2 or PDF, come to that) for placing on the Web ? This is not quite such a stupid question as it sounds. See: 1. http://burnallgifs.org/ 2. http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzw-license.html 3. http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzwfaq.html from [3] which I quote: " .... the typical Unisys license for standalone software does NOT permit copying, modification, resale, use on a server .... Internet ... or Web site ...." Unisys say in [2] that users of software by Microsoft, Corel etc. are "probably covered" but suggest contacting individual vendors. I suspect the easiest course of action for users of GIMP, GD and many other tools is simply to stop using GIFs and convert to JPEG or PNG. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada
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