[ale] Re: [svlug] EVENT: Burn All GIFs Day.

[mike]

It's worse than you think.

http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzwfaq.html



On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, J. Reeves Hall wrote:
> Don Marti wrote:
> 
> > $5000 to use GIF files on a web site?  It's stupid but it's
> > legal, and Unisys wants you to buy a site license for GIFs
> > right now.
> >
> > On Burn All GIFs Day, all web users will gather at Unisys and
> > burn all their GIF files, freeing the web of this silly patent and
> > this useless, litigious company once and for all. The
> > Unisys/CompuServe GIF Controversy stops now.
> >
> > Break out the marching shoes again, freedom lovers.  Unisys
> > is demanding a $5000 US license fee from everyone with GIFs on
> > his or her web site -- and GIFs suck anyway.  Use PNG and
> > join us for a pleasant, informative visit to Unisys.  Bring
> > GIF files and a lighter.
> 
> Wasn't PNG created for just this purpose?
> <whips out acetylene torch>
> http://www.hex.net/~hall/reeves should give ya the basic idea :)
> 
> -Reeves
> 
> --
> In a world without fences, why do we need Gates?
> J. Reeves Hall - Georgia Tech (CS Major)
> [overcode at resnet.gatech.edu]