There's some bizarre movement on the internet at the moment suggesting that .png is the best format for everything.If you find any of these people, call them retards.
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Sat 12 Dec 2009, 4:34,
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have you heard the argument against .gif?some company apparently owns the rights to it, so .png is the public domain alternative. not like anybody i know has ever gotten sued for using .gif
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Sat 12 Dec 2009, 4:45,
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I've heard the argumentbut as you say, I've never heard of anyone having any trouble using .gif. Nobody has ever asked me for royalties, that's for sure.
( gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Sat 12 Dec 2009, 4:50,
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I don't give a fuck if your link proves that they don't give a fuck if you use it.I'll take your word for it.
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Sat 12 Dec 2009, 4:53,
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The first time I made a .gif fileI was playing with Animator Pro, for MSDOS, because there was no (or I didn't know any) animation software for Windows 3.1 available at the time. And I barely had any pubes.
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Sat 12 Dec 2009, 5:06,
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Compuserve who own the code for the GIF formatopenly allow the use of GIF wherever you need to, what they often object to is software developers using the source code within their products without seeking their permission. I don't know the legal ramification of why Compuserve do that but I know you can use GIF for animations and pictures without worry of breaking some laws.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience,
Sat 12 Dec 2009, 8:44,
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