Re: Encoding GIFFs on an Apple II

[scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <1151027978.820356.74650@y41g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>,
Simon D. Williams <email@ld8.org> wrote:
>Mark McDougall wrote:
>> OK, perhaps we're arguing semantics here? There *is* an uncompressed GIF
>> format, the motivation for which derived from the desire to avoid paying
>> royalties to Unisys for the LZW compression scheme.
>
>I'd like to avoid paying royalties too ;-)

The relevant patent expired three years and three days ago:

http://www.google.com/search?q=lzw+patent+expired

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