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28 lines
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<sect2>
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<title>Introduction to libungif</title>
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<screen>Download location (HTTP): <ulink url="&libungif-download-http;"/>
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Download location (FTP): <ulink url="&libungif-download-ftp;"/>
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Version used: &libungif-version;
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Package size: &libungif-size;
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Estimated Disk space required: &libungif-buildsize;
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Estimated build time: &libungif-time;</screen>
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<para>The libungif package contains libraries for reading all gifs and
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writing uncompressed ones as well as programs for converting and working
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with gif files. The libraries are useful for any graphics program
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wishing to deal with gif files while the programs are useful for
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conversion purposes as well as cleaning up images.</para>
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<para>The reason libungif only writes uncompressed gifs is due to a
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legal issue with LZW compression (which Unisys claims a patent on).
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Reading gifs is not a problem as the uncompression routines do not seem
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to be limited in this way. Note that this has in the past been
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disputed. The best way to avoid this whole mess is to simply use
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libungif for looking at gif images on the web, while in any pages which
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you design, use the open source png format instead (which uses, not
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surprisingly, the libpng library) which has no patent issues at
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all.</para>
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</sect2>
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