[opensuse] opensuse buttons/banners GIF vs. PNG
Some of the buttons/banners on http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons are in GIF format. Is there a special reason for this? Why not PNG? I thought that according to the discussions on this list some time ago we wanted to avoid GIF files... Cheers, Th. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org
Thomas Hertweck wrote:
Some of the buttons/banners on http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons are in GIF format. Is there a special reason for this? Why not PNG? I thought that according to the discussions on this list some time ago we wanted to avoid GIF files...
I think the next/last GIF-related patent expires in a couple of weeks, so although PNG is probably superior, perhaps it doesn't matter much whether it's GIF or PNG? /Per Jessen, Zürich --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org
Am Sonntag, 30. Juli 2006 14:31 schrieb Per Jessen:
Thomas Hertweck wrote:
Some of the buttons/banners on http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons are in GIF format. Is there a special reason for this? Why not PNG? I thought that according to the discussions on this list some time ago we wanted to avoid GIF files...
I think the next/last GIF-related patent expires in a couple of weeks, so although PNG is probably superior, perhaps it doesn't matter much whether it's GIF or PNG?
Could you elaborate? At least the LZW patents, where the GIF format suffered from, expired in 2003/2004 IIRC. Pete --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org
Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
Am Sonntag, 30. Juli 2006 14:31 schrieb Per Jessen:
Thomas Hertweck wrote:
Some of the buttons/banners on http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons are in GIF format. Is there a special reason for this? Why not PNG? I thought that according to the discussions on this list some time ago we wanted to avoid GIF files...
I think the next/last GIF-related patent expires in a couple of weeks, so although PNG is probably superior, perhaps it doesn't matter much whether it's GIF or PNG?
Could you elaborate? At least the LZW patents, where the GIF format suffered from, expired in 2003/2004 IIRC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif "Although the Unisys gif patents have expired and the IBM ones will expire in the near future [snip...] The latest expiration date of the GIF-related patents will most probably be Friday, August 11, 2006 [1]." I believe it is the US IBM patent that expires on 11 August 2006. /Per Jessen, Zürich --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org
Am Montag, 31. Juli 2006 11:13 schrieb Per Jessen:
Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
Am Sonntag, 30. Juli 2006 14:31 schrieb Per Jessen:
Thomas Hertweck wrote:
Some of the buttons/banners on http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons are in GIF format. Is there a special reason for this? Why not PNG? I thought that according to the discussions on this list some time ago we wanted to avoid GIF files...
I think the next/last GIF-related patent expires in a couple of weeks, so although PNG is probably superior, perhaps it doesn't matter much whether it's GIF or PNG?
Could you elaborate? At least the LZW patents, where the GIF format suffered from, expired in 2003/2004 IIRC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif
"Although the Unisys gif patents have expired and the IBM ones will expire in the near future [snip...] The latest expiration date of the GIF-related patents will most probably be Friday, August 11, 2006 [1]."
I believe it is the US IBM patent that expires on 11 August 2006.
Funny, the german wikipedia page says: Ferner wurde der Firma IBM ein Patent auf dasselbe Verfahren erteilt; dies beruht auf einem Fehler des US-Patentamts. Die Anmeldung erfolgte zwar drei Wochen vor der von Unisys; nach dem Patentrecht der USA bedeutet dies jedoch nicht, dass das IBM-Patent Priorität genießt. Vielmehr dürfte das IBM-Patent aufgrund des früher erteilten Unisys-Patents ungültig sein. Es würde am 11. August 2006 auslaufen. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format Pete --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org
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