On Monday 29 January 2007, M Harris wrote:
Eventually this issue will die--- like the GIF issue has died... most folks use JPEG now.
Seems to me that the GIF issue died because the patent died, which will also happen to mp3 patents circa 2011 give or take a year or two. According to some people JPEG was not totally free either, http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,53981,00.html however these claims were largely (but not totally) struck down only a year ago. http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/30/jpeg_patent_invalida.html Other claims still exist: http://swpat.ffii.org/pikta/xrani/jpeg/index.en.html -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org