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jmyeet
37 days ago
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A 25-year-old video patent just expired, ending a ...
The GIF patent is a big one [1]. It's the entire reason we got PNG as a format.
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https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/lpf/Patents/Gif/Gi...
CharlesW
37 days ago
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Fun fact: The working group initially chose 'PING' as the name, for "PING is not GIF".
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[1]: https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/lpf/Patents/Gif/Gi...