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Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 [message #22111 is a reply to message #22108]

Sun, 22 October 2000 00:00

Theo Brauers
Messages: 58
Registered: November 1997

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Med Bennett wrote:
>
> PNG's work fine, they're just not widely recognized yet. There are a
> bazillion viewers and utilities that translate from GIF <> PNG <> everything
> else, so I honestly don't see how Compuserve/Unisys ever hopes to enforce or
> make any money off of the GIF/LZW patent. Kind of silly to me that they
> even bother - why don't they just give it to the public domain, where it is
> pretty much in practice anyway?

Because they want to keep some law firms in business. There are a number
of prominent lawsuits in .de where companies sue people when they use a
name w/o the copyright (i.e. when you call your own program anyname-explorer).

Best Theo

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		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: George N. White III on Tue, 24 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Glenn Randers-Pehrson on Tue, 24 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: R.Bauer on Mon, 23 October 2000 22:48
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Mark Hadfield on Mon, 23 October 2000 14:03
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Med Bennett on Mon, 23 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: noymer on Mon, 23 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Paul Woodford on Mon, 23 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Paul Woodford on Mon, 23 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 23 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Med Bennett on Mon, 23 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Ed Santiago on Mon, 23 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Martin Schultz on Mon, 23 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Nick Bower on Mon, 23 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Theo Brauers on Sun, 22 October 2000 00:00
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: noymer on Sat, 21 October 2000 20:55
		Re: NO MORE GIF READ OR WRITE IN IDL 5.4 By: Med Bennett on Sat, 21 October 2000 00:00

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