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GIF Support Returns to GD

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the celebrate-good-times-come-on dept.

g_adams27 writes "Legions of geeks and developers owe a debt of gratitude to Tom Boutell and his "gd" library, which powers the drawing and graphic-generating tools used by dozens of open-source projects. And now, with the expiration of the last Unisys patent on the GIF format, support for GIFs has finally been reinserted in gd. The GIF/PNG/MNG wars may continue, but having more options is good!"

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  1. moo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    kowz

  2. celebrate-good-times-come-on by doria13 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yea!

    party at my place...

    1. Re:celebrate-good-times-come-on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Plz lineup for cock-punchings

    2. Re:celebrate-good-times-come-on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Cool, what time?

  3. Choosy moms choose GIF! by endeitzslash · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Only funny if you know how it's pronounced.

    1. Re:Choosy moms choose GIF! by maxchaote · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Thank you!
      Finally, someone else who knows how it was originally pronounced!

      I shall treasure this link always... looks like I've got some forwardin' to do. <EG>

    2. Re:Choosy moms choose GIF! by narcc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Mod parent Flamebait! The last think we need is that stupid "How to pronounce GIF" war to start all over again! And we *just* went through all that when the last Unisys patent expired.

      I say GIF with a G like Gorilla -- others say GIF like the peanut butter. We all know how it was origionally pronounced. If you pronounce GIF like the peanut butter, I think of JIFF not GIF. Other people don't. I pronounce it wrong for clarity. Other people pronounce it properly, for the sake of being proper.

      I don't personally care how you pronounce it. After all, I'm reading this discussion, not hearing it.

      --
      Required reading for internet skeptics
    3. Re:Choosy moms choose GIF! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I shall treasure this link always... looks like I've got some forwardin' to do

      Are you some kind of retarded ape? Is how GIF pronounced REALLY THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?

      Is it so important that you need to forward that link to your friends? If it is, I doubt you have many friends left to forward nit-picky things to.

      Yeah, you probably are some kind of retarded ape.

  4. Mod Parent -1 GROAN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not only that, but the visual almost made me lose my lunch!