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SubjectRe: Re: [License of kernel components] linux-2.x.y/Documentation/logo.GIF should be logo.PNG?
Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
>>23th, 2003 8:38 pm
>>Re: [License of kernel components] linux-2.x.y/Documentation/logo.GIF
should be logo.PNG?
> [...]
> The U.S. LZW patent expired June 20, 2003. The Canadian LZW
> patent expiref July 7, 2004. The LZW patents in the United
> Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy however are still active, and
> will expire June 18, 2004. The Japanese LZW patent will expire
> on June 20, 2004.
>

For this reason, because in many countries the patent is not expired and
that kernel is not _only_ for people of U.S., I think that we have to
change to PNG format rather than gif.

I vote for pass to PNG format as fast as we can.

> I vote for keeping the status quo for another 4 months....

Why not consider to make a public votation (with public point of views
of the kernel hackers about it; obviously, vote is secret) about this?

Regards,
Xan.

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