dave selby wrote:
On Sunday 16 March 2003 15:29, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote:dave selby wrote:I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it appears not to be supported. I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb file to enable it because it is supported in standard Gimp. Having browsed through aptitude there are a lot of files related to GIF, and some legal stuff about not being able to compress images. Does anyone know which .deb to install to enable .GIF on Gimp, preferible in compress mode as well as de-compress. DaveI too am in need of such a plugin, but it was my understanding that the patent held by Unisys has expired.At least we know where to get a gimp with .GIF now !!
For sure!
Do you have any more info about the patent, I want to use .GIF for commercial work but am wary.
I had heard this on /. a while back, but nothing since. Believe it or not the Unisys site doesn't have much on the patent. The one article they do have is outdated (doubly so, I tried emailing the article's author but that was returned via the Postmaster). I can certainly see how it'd be in Unisys's favor to spread FUD about it's patent.
I just deal without using GIF's (and pray for the day when a plug-in for MNG is made for GIMP).
Dave
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