mag je dan nu wel legaal de GD compileren met alles der in dus nu ook inclusief het onderdeel voor het genereren van gifs?
bron van verlopen patent: deCursor.
bron van verlopen patent: deCursor.
...whatever was distasteful or unpleasant or uncomfortable or painful - music could always soothe that.
All you have to do is reach out to beauty.
Quincy Jones
[ Voor 3% gewijzigd door Martin Sturm op 23-06-2003 09:12 ]
UPDATED GIF INFORMATION, 06/17/03: Many have asked whether gd will support creating GIF files again after June 20th, 2003, when the well-known Unisys LZW patent expires. Although this patent exires in the US soon, this patent does not expire for another year in the rest of the world. Since I have no way of limiting distribution of GIF-creating code to US users only, I have opted to follow the same policy that the ImageMagick authors are following: GIF creation will not reappear in gd until the patent expires world-wide on July 7th, 2004. I realize this situation is frustrating for many; please direct your anger and complaints toward the questionable patent system that allows the patenting of such straightforward algorithms in the first place. Thank you!
[ Voor 86% gewijzigd door SchizoDuckie op 23-06-2003 10:19 ]
If it ain't broken it doesn't have enough features
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