Re: Alternative image library
| From: | Jim Winstead | Date: | Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:32:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Alternative image library | ||
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Andrey Zmievski wrote:
> Jim Winstead wrote:
> > Well, I personally still just use gd1.2, which has real GIF compression.
> >
> > But Ilib supports more than just GIF, and appears designed to be able
> > to handle plugging in more formats.
> >
> > You could also use giflib
> > (http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/giflib.shtml)
> > instead of libungif. They share the same interface.
> >
> > And the important bit of the library is that it also support drawing
> > operations.
>
> Since giflib uses LZW to compress GIF images, does that present a problem for
> us?
Not if we're not distributing it or distributing anything linked to it.
Same issue with PHP3 and GD, as far as I'm concerned. We should only
have patent issues if we distribute binaries that have LZW code.
Jim