[openbeostranslationkit] Re: LZW Compression

> This may not be an important issue right away, but don't we 
> need a license from Unisys in order to use the GIF image 
> format and the TIFF image format with LZW compression?
I think you are correct there, but I am uncertain. I will look into that
to see what exactly we need. 

> 
> I know the laws about this are different in some countries, 
> but in the US, I'm quite certain we need a license for LZW 
> compression. I learned about this when I downloaded GIMP for 
> Windows and it didn't include GIF support and the TIFF 
> support it had was only for uncompressed TIFF files.
> 
> -Michael Wilber
> 
> 

~Travis

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