Re: Re: GD 1.5

Actually, GD2 can be compiled (after a patch) to read/write GIFs with LZW compression (the LZW algorithm is the root of the legal iffyness), but (AFAIK) you're only legally allowed to enable it if you live outside the US & Canada. AFAIK only FreeBSD's ports system does this atm. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mako Shark" <phpman2000@yahoo.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: [PHP] Re: GD 1.5 > <<If the OP was concerned about such issues then > he/she should not be using GIF at all!>> > > This is leading me to believe that I can't use GIFs > because of these issues. Is this true? I know now that > Unisys (Unisys?) made a fuss about some compression or > whatever, but someone told me it was still okay to use > old GDs (am I naive? maybe). Is it now considered > piracy to use GIFs at all? Does this mean I have to > switch over to JPGs, even those images that compress > better with GIFs? I just assumed we were still > permitted, what with Jasc and everybody still allowing > it in their products. Is JPEG (or PNG) the way to go? > I hesitate using PNGs since they seem to be the > least-supported out of the 'big three'.