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29 Jun 2024 05:49:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Announce: MegaPov 0.5a available.  
From: Francois Labreque
Date: 1 Jun 2000 22:18:05
Message: <3937191C.ED194B4A@attglobal.net>
Ken wrote:
> 
> Nathan Kopp wrote:
> >
> > Tony[B] <ben### [at] panamac-comnet> wrote...
> > > Unisys idiots. They're diggin' their own grave. No problem. We'll just use
> > > PNG then.
> >
> > I'm glad you feel that way and I hope the other users will also understand.
> > Removing GIF functionality was a difficult decision to make, be we ended up
> > deciding to play it safe and not risk any lawsuits.
> 
> Was this a POV-Team decision or simply that of a patch writer ?
> 
> I for one will greatly miss the gif format if it is lost in the
> official versions of the program.


Me too.  As it is the only format with which I have been able to make
heightfields with the Gimp.

But even the Gimp only provide GIF support if you have purchased a
license from Unisys.  (Actually, they take your word for it, but you
wouldn't lie would you?)

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