Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: [License of kernel components] linux-2.x.y/Documentation/logo.GIF should be logo.PNG? | Date | Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:07:53 -0500 |
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On Tuesday 23 December 2003 10:20, xan2@ono.com wrote: >Hi, > >I believe that the tux logo located at >linux-2.6.0/Documentation/logo.gif is the image that appears on the >boot of the system if framebuffer is enabled, isn't it? > >In this cas, and also if it's only for documentation purpose, I > think that we could change the propietary (and I think patented) > format of this logo (gif) to anyone that were free (for example > like PNG format [that has GPL licensed]).
I don't think GIF was ever "proprietary", but the l-z-w compression used was patented. The patent expired earlier this year. So gif is back.
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