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Old September 4th, 2007, 08:33 PM
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Default Re: animated gifs
GIF isn't proprietary any longer. All of the patents involved with compression in GIF expired in 2003 or 2004, depending on your nation of residence.

Of course, GIF is a terrible format that should be avoided whenever possible (such as for use in a non-web game)... There are some animated PNG formats for lossless images, which are unencumbered by patents and copyrights.
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