Its expired in the US, but not everywhere in the world. See: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html and http://burnallgifs.org/ or strait from unisys: http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/lzw -----Original Message----- From: Mike Hansen [mailto:mwhansen@hmc.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:05 PM To: Benedykt P. Barszcz Cc: Koha-devel List Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Legality of gifs in Koha... I believe that the UNISYS GIF patent has expired. On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 12:55, Benedykt P. Barszcz wrote:

Hi Group,

Is it legal to include gifs in Koha?

...

GIF format is patented by UNISYS. Benedict

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