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Bug 364767 - Documentation says that GIF format has license issues.
Documentation says that GIF format has license issues.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gthumb
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.7.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Paolo Bacchilega
Paolo Bacchilega
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-10-24 18:07 UTC by petrosyan
Modified: 2006-10-28 10:37 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description petrosyan 2006-10-24 18:07:51 UTC 
Documentation 
Section: Introduction
Another important image format is PNG, this format is very common on Unix platforms and is considered a replacement of the GIF format which has license issues.

Correct version:
Another important image format is PNG, this format is very common on Unix platforms and is considered a replacement of the GIF format.

Other information:
GIF patents expired worldwide. For more information read:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html#venuenote
Comment 1 Michael Chudobiak 2006-10-28 10:37:47 UTC 
This is fixed in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361967#c2.

- Mike