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Request #23864 Update GD after GIF patent expires June 20
Submitted: 2003-05-28 15:08 UTC Modified: 2003-05-29 07:04 UTC
From: trobinson at gksystems dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.3.2RC4 OS: all
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-05-28 15:08 UTC] trobinson at gksystems dot com 
GD 2 can read GIF files, but cannot write them, due to the Unisys patent.

The patent expires on June 20,2003 - that's three weeks!!!

Note that ImageMagick.org have stated:
"...wait until June 20, 2003, when the patent expires and LZW is enabled by default in ImageMagick distributions."

I hope that GD will do likewise.
If there are plans for updating the PHP GD functions in the next little while, it would be nice to base it on the new GIF version.

...Tom

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 [2003-05-29 07:04 UTC] helly@php.net 
We will add it :-)
 
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