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- Burn All GIFs - Information on upgrading a web site from the patent-encumbered GIF format to freely available graphics.
burnallgifs.org
- GIF Economy: A Cautionary Tale - Article on the GIF controversy seen from a software developer's perspective. Includes original interviews, a historical perspective, up-to-date information and a detailed bibliography.
cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html
- The gif2png Home Page - The program converts files from the Graphic Interchange Format to Portable Network Graphics. The conversion preserves all graphic information, including transparency. The program can recover data from corrupted GIFs.
www.tuxedo.org/~esr/gif2png
- Unisys/CompuServe GIF Controversy - League for Programming Freedom (LPF) page on the Unisys patent controversy.
lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/Gif/Gif.html
- US4558302 Patent - The US patent covering the LZW compression algorithm used in GIF images.
www.delphion.com/details?pn=US04558302__
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