RE: [PHP] GD Library help
| From: | Don Read | Date: | Sat, 22 Sep 2001 19:40:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] GD Library help | ||
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On 22-Sep-2001 Jay Paulson wrote:
> Do all versions of the GD library for Linux that are version 1.6 and above
> not support any GIF formats?
Yes, It was removed due to copyright restrictions.
from http://www.boutell.com/gd/manual1.8.4.html :
" Support for GIF has been removed. This step was taken to completely avoid the
legal controversy regarding the LZW compression algorithm used in GIF. Unisys
holds a patent which is relevant to LZW compression. "
Regards,
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