Re: [patch] Removal of GIF support
>>>> "sb" == SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
sb> Kyle Jones <kyle_jones(a)wonderworks.com> writes in
xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
> Put bluntly, I don't think GIF support is worth risking our
> collective asses over.
sb> On a similar vein, since it isn't GIF format that's the problem --
it's
sb> the patented LZW compression algorithm, the .Z photo files probably
sb> ought to be converted to .gz (or better to PNG) as well.
If you create the .Z files on, say, a Solaris box, wouldn't that be
legally safe? Presumably Unisys has already made Sun pay up for
compress.
Of course, displaying them legally might be a problem without
GIFreader.
Just bite the bullet and convert all .Z stuff to PNG. Hmm, what about
all of the tar files?
Ray