severity 181764 wishlist tag 181764 + wontfix thanks Hi, Ricardo Galli wrote: > Package: openoffice.org > Version: 1.0.2-2 > Severity: normal > > OOo own graphics exported to GIF, via HTML export, are corrupted. > > $ convert data3_html_3633a079.gif data3_html_3633a079.jpg > convert: Corrupt GIF image (data3_html_3633a079.gif). the problem here seems to me to be that GIF images are normally compresses with the LZW compression algorithm which is patented. IIRC the patent expired already in the US, but in e.g. Germany it's valid till 2003 or 2004 depending if Unisys pays the last fee... The LZW code therefore is removed from the Debian OpenOffice packages. So wontfix. Regards, Rene -- .''`. Rene Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' rene@debian.org | GnuPG-Key ID: 248AEB73 `- Fingerprint: 41FA F208 28D4 7CA5 19BB 7AD9 F859 90B0 248A EB73
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