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Re: [LUG] JPG and PNG

 

On Wednesday 14 January 2009 09:37, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/1/14 Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > 1) Can anyone with a disabled computer tell me if IE can now display PNG
> > as is or does it still need that annoying bit of javascript to get it
> > working.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics#Web_browser_support_
>for_PNG
>
> > 2) Have those JPG patents expired/been laughed off the planet etc
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPG#Potential_patent_issues
>
> "As of October 27, 2006, the U.S. patent's 20-year term appears to
> have expired, and in November 2006, Forgent agreed to abandon
> enforcement of patent claims against use of the JPEG standard."
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
Thanks for the info folks.
I think I'll try and use PNG's as I can avoid transparency requirements and it 
might just help push FLOSS a bit. Assuming I can get the teachers to agree to 
creative commons on this....
Tom te tom te tom


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