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Revised W3C Patent Policy Out, Comments Invited

Posted by timothy on from the fine-toothed-comb dept.

Janet Daly, W3C writes "Today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) began what it expects to be the final review of the proposed Royalty-Free Patent Policy. A new draft has been published; the review period has been extended to allow for public and W3C Member comments alike. Review closes 30 April 2003. The press release and summary give a short version of goals and changes of the policy."

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  1. Re:Explain these things to me by critter_hunter · · Score: 5, Informative

    GIFs aren't patented. A compression algorithm used in GIFs is (the LZW algorithm). The GIMP (and perhaps other graphic manipulation software) allow you to create uncompressed GIFs, which are perfectly legal.

    I don't think gif is a standard anyway, nor has it ever been one.

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