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Originally Posted by jhilgeman
... and then it spits out that image data in JPEG, PNG, etc... format. (It used to support GIF format, but that GIF format is copyrighted by Compuserve.)
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Some good news for GIF format. On June 20, 2003, the LZW patent expired in the US. In 2004 (supposedly July 7th) the patent will expire in the other countries where Unisys holds it.
After the patents have run out GD will once again support gif.