Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> > BTW, I asked another upstream author to consider switching. He
> > emailed back saying that he noticed Debian still used GIFs in our
> > webd page and we knew best. So he wasn't changing. I understand
> > the reason, but p
Peter S Galbraith:
> Why no switch to GIFs that don't use the patented compression?
Or why not create them in a country where Unisys' patent isn't valid? Over
here (in the civilised world :) ), software patents are not allowed by law,
so I have no problems with GIF whatsoever.
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On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> BTW, I asked another upstream author to consider switching. He
> emailed back saying that he noticed Debian still used GIFs in our
> webd page and we knew best. So he wasn't changing. I understand
> the reason, but perhaps switching to non-compresse
Why no switch to GIFs that don't use the patented compression?
This was done in the mh-book package in the last upload (it had a
_lot_ of GIFs).
BTW, I asked another upstream author to consider switching. He
emailed back saying that he noticed Debian still used GIFs in our
webd page and we knew
James A. Treacy said:
> Does anyone have any experience with a popular site that has switched to
> png?
>
> Who is willing to take on the conversion? Also, are any of you willing to
> be joined to webmaster to answer the mail we'll get as a result of switching?
I changed my own personal site http
On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 10:27:41PM +0100, Jordi wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 03:28:41PM -0500, James A. Treacy wrote:
> > > > Perhaps this a question better directed at those who look after the web
> > > > site?
> > >
> > Does anyone have any experience with a popular site that has switched to
On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 03:28:41PM -0500, James A. Treacy wrote:
> > > Perhaps this a question better directed at those who look after the web
> > > site?
> >
> Does anyone have any experience with a popular site that has switched to
> png?
If I remember correctly, Linux Weekly News, lwn.net swit
On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 07:45:22PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Ben Armstrong wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Denis Barbier wrote:
> > > > 2. If you need gif utilities, for your work, ask yourself (and your
> > > >management) why? PNG is a viable alternative.
> > >
> > > Could you tell us wh
Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Denis Barbier wrote:
> > > 2. If you need gif utilities, for your work, ask yourself (and your
> > >management) why? PNG is a viable alternative.
> >
> > Could you tell us why all the GIF images are not replaced by PNG on the
> > Debian Web site ?
>
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