[TriLUG] creating transparant images on linux

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 10:48, Joseph Tate wrote:
> z wrote:
> > I am looking for an easy to use graphics package that will allow me to create 
> > a transparent GIF file of a company logo to emebed on a web page. Can anyone 
> > suggest an open source application capable of this.
> > 
> 
> ImageMagick, Gimp, ppm2gif and a slew of other utilities can do this, 
> HOWEVER, due to the patent restrictions on GIF, this functionality is 
> not turned on in most distributions.  Save to PNG.  It'll do 
> transparency just as well as GIF, but without having to pay license fees 
> to the owner of the GIF/LZW patents.  

While I agree that PNG is superior, the patent that restricts GIF usage
has expired, and is no longer a concern for those of us in the USA as of
June 2003.
http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/lzw

It will expire in Europe by July 7, 2004.

--Jeremy

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