GD/LZW support in PHP

bram@guts.nl raised a question in private correspondence about if it's legimate for us to offer an interface to GD 1.5's facility for generating LZW-compressed GIFs. Here's my take on the issue: The Unisys patents refer to a specific algorithm used to compress GIF files. This algorithm will never, ever be included in PHP3. We can, however, (and plan to) offer interfaces to such code -- without expecting any hassles. It is up to the user to make sure that his LZW code is properly licensed from Unisys or otherwise doesn't interfere with the patent. I don't know what the legal standpoint is for actually *distributing* the LZW code -- luckily, in the case of GD at least, we can leave that issue to boutell.com. (Any comments on your behalf, Tom?) Marko -- this is my sig. there are many like it, but this one is mine marko karppinen @ icon medialab finland, +358 40 541 3399