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Re: php and gif



On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Mike Almogy wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> Ok, i installed the latest GD rpm that i found in rpmfind.net.
> Now i want to recompaile my php and i got an error saying that i do not have support to gif.(Da . . .)
> Any idea how to disable the gif support or something in php ?

There can be no GIF support in free software products because of patent
issues. You can, however, use PNG just fine. There are many (legal,
free) convertors GIF->PNG (this is not covered by the patent).
All current browsers support PNG just fine.

Burn All Gifs!
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Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il> -- 95855124
http://advogato.org/person/moshez


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