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From: |
Karl Berry |
Subject: |
www/server fsf-html-style-sheet.html |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:58:21 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 07/06/05 17:58:21
Modified files:
server : fsf-html-style-sheet.html
Log message:
have expired
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.37&r2=1.38
Patches:
Index: fsf-html-style-sheet.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -b -r1.37 -r1.38
--- fsf-html-style-sheet.html 23 Jan 2007 20:06:52 -0000 1.37
+++ fsf-html-style-sheet.html 5 Jun 2007 17:57:32 -0000 1.38
@@ -265,20 +265,22 @@
over slow links, especially animations. The GNU Project is for
everyone, even those with slow Internet access and/or text-only WWW
browsers.</li>
+
<li>In the past, GIFs have had patent problems. However, now that
the IBM and Unisys patents (and other patents world-wide that are
-relevant to LZW compression), GIFs that are based on the 87a or 89a
-standard are acceptable. Please be wary of proprietary applications
-that may include non-standard patented technologies (we'd prefer
-you use free software applications when authoring for our
+relevant to LZW compression) have expired, GIFs that are based on the
+87a or 89a standard are acceptable. Please be wary of proprietary
+applications that may include non-standard patented technologies (we'd
+prefer you use free software applications when authoring for our
websites). In general, PNG or JPEG format, are still safe, and are
-probably better from a technical standpoint. For details regarding
-the old GIF problem, see <a href=
-"/philosophy/gif.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html</a>.
+probably better from a technical standpoint. For details regarding the
+old GIF problem, see <a
+href="/philosophy/gif.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html</a>.
Other formats are also allowed, though JPEG is the one most widely
-recognized by Web browsers, (be careful with JPEG 2000, as well as
-PNG alpha channels, as it includes features not fully supported by
-older browsers).</li>
+recognized by Web browsers, (be careful with JPEG 2000, as well as PNG
+alpha channels, as it includes features not fully supported by older
+browsers).</li>
+
<li>Before you take any graphics or text from another Web site,
please ask for permission to use it. It's polite to do so. It is
also essential for us to avoid copyright infringement.</li>
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@
permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this
notice, and the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated: <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/01/23 20:06:52 $ $Author: mattl $
+$Date: 2007/06/05 17:57:32 $ $Author: karl $
<!-- timestamp end --></p>
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