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From: lwv27@CAS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Looking for Unix based GIF89a support
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Date: 22 Oct 90 16:56:00 GMT
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Well, I am seeing an increasing number of GIFs locally stored in GIF89a
format.  But as far as I am aware, PBM Plus does not yet support that
format.  Does anyone have any utilities which DOES ?

In a similar vein, there was quite a discussion going on during
the summer concerning the legality of GIF using the LZW algorithm in
its compression.  Was there ever an official press release from Unisys
allowing software usage of the LZW algorithm?  If not, has there been
a joint press release from Compuserve and Unisys indicating that they
have the right to use LZW ?
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