>MegaPOV 0.5a removed gif support & there were several threads discussing
>this in p.g, p.o-t & p.u.p
>Nathan explained the reasons at the time but basically (as I understand
>it) he (as a hobbyist) cannot afford the $5K the patent owners of the
>LWZ compression algorithm are demanding for its use whether or not the
>en/decoding algorithm is part of free software or not.  The fee also
>seems to apply to people having gifs on their web sites.
>GIF is an old format that (in many peoples opinions) has been
>superseeded by png
>Most people don't like software patents and cripplingly expensive
>software & so a GIF boycot has been started - see
>http://burnallgifs.org/

Believe it or not, this is the first I've heard of it.  If that's the
way they're gonna be then good riddance, who needs GIFs!

Doug Eichenberg
dou### [at] nlsnet
www.getinfo.net/douge

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