On Thu, Sep 10, 1998 at 12:49:51PM +0400, Ilya Ovchinnikov wrote: > > pgp is non-free > > ssh is non-free > > non-US really :) Read the licenses, they are VERY non-free. Just because they happen to be in non-us doesn't mean they are free software. > > anything supporting gif files is non-free > > netscape is non-free (mozilla may be too--supports gif files) > > AFAIK, problem with gifs is patent to LZW compession. > But gzip support unpacking of LZW-compressed files (*.Z). > And I read somewhere (don't remember where) that unpacking of LZW > is free, only creation not. So program which only reads GIF's, > not create them, can be in main. > Please correct me if I wrong. I stand corrected (by many people)
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