#20017 [Opn]: File png.gif should be distributed in PNG format, php.png

ID: 20017 User updated by: dan@drydog.com Reported By: dan@drydog.com Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Linux 2.4.18, RedHat 7.3 PHP Version: 4.3.0-pre1 New Comment: PHP distribution file png.gif should ALSO be distributed in PNG format, file php.png. GIF format files have patent problems (from the LZW compression algorithm). See http://burnallgifs.org/ for details. For your convenience, here's the file in PNG format, generated from PHP distribution file php.gif: http://dan.drydog.com/images/php.png $ ls -l php.png -rw-r--r-- 1 dan 3981 Oct 21 15:14 php.png $ md5sum php.png a48715c8e9bccfbb92f950b9aec0921e php.png $ file php.png php.png: PNG image data, 120 x 64, 8-bit colormap, interlaced. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-21 17:21:12] dan@drydog.com PHP distribution file png.gif should ALSO be distributed in PNG format, file php.png. GIF format files have patent problems (from the LZW compression algorithm). See http://burnallgifs.org/ for details. For your convenience, here's the file in uudecode format, generated from distribution file php.gif: http://dan.drydog.com/images/php.png $ ls -l php.png -rw-r--r-- 1 dan 3981 Oct 21 15:14 php.png $ md5sum php.png a48715c8e9bccfbb92f950b9aec0921e php.png $ file php.png php.png: PNG image data, 120 x 64, 8-bit colormap, interlaced. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20017&edit=1