Bug#139387: O: giflib -- shared library for GIF images
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
The current maintainer of giflib, Larry Daffner, has orphaned this
package. If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it --
retitle this bug from 'O:' to 'ITA:', fix the outstanding bugs and
upload a new version with your name in the Maintainer: field and a
* New maintainer (Closes: #thisbug)
in the changelog so this bug is closed.
Some information about this package:
Package: giflib3g
Priority: extra
Section: non-free/libs
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: Larry Daffner <vizzie@airmail.net>
Architecture: i386
Source: giflib
Version: 3.0-6
Replaces: libungif3g
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2), xlibs (>= 4.0.1-11)
Conflicts: libgif3g, libgif2, libungif3g
Filename: pool/non-free/g/giflib/giflib3g_3.0-6_i386.deb
Size: 22314
MD5sum: b23e8e443cb2a77cda24f62220402319
Description: shared library for GIF images (runtime lib)
This is a shared library for working with GIF images.
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The Graphics Interchange Format(c) specification is the copyrighted
property of CompuServe Incorporated. Unfortunately, it used LZW
compression for compressed GIFs, which is covered by a patent held
by Unisys. As this package existed before UniSys's lawyeritis attack
of New Years' Day 1995, it is grandfathered in under their license
terms and you do not have to pay fees for using it.
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Alternatively, you may choose to install the libungif package which
is available in the main Debian distribution. The libungif package
is a variant of giflib with the offending patented LZW compression
code snipped out, so it can only save uncompressed GIFs.
> I only have 2 packages, giflib, which hasn't been updated in a long
> time for philosophical reasons, but I couldn't get enough momentum
> to get removed, and xscreensaver. Someone please give them good
> homes.
--
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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