OpenEuphoria

GIF Format

• Posted by Greg Phillips <i.shoot at REDNECKS.COM> Aug 29, 1999
• 411 views

I just ran across this...it appears that if you operate a website that
uses gif images,or other LZW(TIFF-LZW, PostScript, Portable Document
Format (PDF), V.42bis, etc.) formats, you may have to purchase a $5000
license from Unisys, the people who patented the technology.

Also, if you write a program that reads or writes GIF images, you must
get a license.  Lastly, if you download a program that makes use of GIF
technology, you must obtain a license from Unisys (which may or may not
cost money, depending on the circumstances).  If you don't get this
license, you are supposedly in violation of

That, in a nutshell is what's wrong with the world today.

Take a look:
http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzwfaq.html

Greg Phillips