Hi Mark,
Thanks for the link over the Unisys/Gif debacle (did't know about this).
I'm currently working on a server side system wich renders gifs and html
on the fly adjusted to the handset/pda/browser wich is used.
In the Unisys/Gif thread they mention that the combination of Gif and
the LZW compression is the keything for Unisys.
Is it possible to use Gif without LZW. Maybe one of the formats (87, 87a
and 89a) use a different compression format?
I really hope that future handsets will support other formats. (png
would be nice)
Regards
Jasper Drexhage
(sorry for my bad english)
> Hi Kyle,
>
> In order to combine multiple images into one one the
> server-side, as you mention, it is possible that you would be
> infringing Unisys' GIF patent . This is because your
> application on the serverside rather than a licenced
> application such as photoshop would be creating the image.
>
> Surely the same issues also arise for client-side image
> manipulation applets/midlets?
>
> Has this been an issue for any I-Mode application
> developers/content providers?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
>
> Note - I am working under the assumption that GIF is the only
> supported image format for I-Mode phones For more info on GIF
> Patent See http://slashdot.org/articles/99/08/31/0143246.shtml
Received on Fri Nov 8 14:47:27 2002