Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!accuvax.nwu.edu!tank!ncar!unmvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!jarthur!pthiesse From: pthiesse@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Paul Thiessen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: GIF File Format Message-ID: <730@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 6 Apr 89 00:22:45 GMT References: <1479@cooper.cooper.EDU> <149000030@inmet> Reply-To: pthiesse@jarthur.UUCP (Paul Thiessen) Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA Lines: 25 In article <149000030@inmet> you write: > > My understanding is that GIF is proprietary information of Compuserve, and >that they don't let just anyone know the format. In order to know it, you >have to become a "GIF developer" and sign a non-disclosure agreement. > > -- Don Porges > porges@inmet.com > {...mirror,ima}!inmet!porges Actually, getting information is free and easy! For example, on Simtel20, there is gifdoc.arc which has a big text document on the GIF format, and several example programs, source and executable, that deal with GIF pictures. I'd say it's better for CompuServe to have released their format, so other people can create GIF pictures. It wouldn't be much of a "Graphics Interchange Format" if no one else could use it! :-) - Paul -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAUL THIESSEN, Harvey Mudd College ...!uunet!jarthur!pthiesse pthiesse@jarthur.claremont.edu pthiessen@hmcvax.bitnet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------