The GIF Format is Finally Patent-Free

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09-29-2006, 05:34 PM

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The GIF Format is Finally Patent-Free

Did you know that its only in a matter of days that the GIF format will become patent free? On October 1, 2006 as a matter of fact! So by the time we haul ourselves back to work on monday, GIF will be officially free!

You can read the article about it here:
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1772

It also gives some background on the whole gif, png war which was rather crazy back in the 90's!
Enjoy...

~r

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