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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Re: GIF Standard
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Date: Sun, 22-Nov-87 11:39:53 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 22 11:39:53 1987
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Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Organization: Consultant, Toronto
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Keywords: Graphics OS9 Coco3 Standard
Summary: Not Public Domain


     Pete, the only problem I have with the format is the fact that
the formal definition is Copyrighted and I can't post it on BIX.
I will assume you received the proper authorization to post it to
the Net.  I may or may not add GIF support to the stuff I'm working
on.  It seems to me that CIS is being too self serving in this case.
If they wanted to make the text of this definition redistributable
even *without* allowing it to be fully public domain, they could
easily have said so.  It's clear they *don't* want this to be the
case.  I dunno.  Maybe I'll throw in IFF ILBM.  It sounds about
as easy/difficult, and is about as publicly usable.

     The format doesn't look good for animation which is currently
my main concern anyway, so I'll continue work on "GF9" for the
time being and think over the situation some more.

Cheers! -- Jim O.
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Jim Omura, 2A King George's Drive, Toronto, (416) 652-3880
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