giflib/libungif

Jakub Bogusz qboosh at pld-linux.org
Tue Nov 2 01:07:32 CET 2004


On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 12:39:05AM +0100, havner wrote:
> Is there any difference between them?
> The same sources, the same specs (but one patch). Why should we keep
> both?

Where do you see the same sources?
`diff -Nur giflib-4.1.3 libungif-4.1.3` is non-empty.

libungif doesn't use LZW compression when writing GIFs.
Well, IMO it's obsolete now as LZW patent has expired in all(?)
countries.


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