Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:31:05 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT modules ports/graphics Makefile ports/graphics/giflib Makefile ports/graphics/giflib/files md5 ports/graphics/giflib/pkg COMMENT DESCR PLIST Message-ID: <20000223023105.B0C901CDE@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> of "Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:29:50 PST." <200002230029.QAA29100@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Satoshi Asami wrote: > Removed files: > graphics/giflib Makefile > graphics/giflib/files md5 > graphics/giflib/pkg COMMENT DESCR PLIST > Log: > Remove giflib as per agreement on ports list, the authors do not > support this software anymore and Unisys claims patents on it. There > are no more ports that depend on giflib. Great news!! :-) It's even better that the ports that did depend on it now use libungif, which does appeal to my sense of humor. It's going to take a lot more work now for Unisys to determine whether a .gif is compressed (using the LZW patent) or uncompressed (totally unrestricted). Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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