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SubjectRe: [License of kernel components] linux-2.x.y/Documentation/logo.GIF should be logo.PNG?
xan2@ono.com wrote:
> ...

>
> For this reason, because in many countries the patent is not expired and
> that kernel is not _only_ for people of U.S., I think that we have to
> change to PNG format rather than gif.
>

> I vote for pass to PNG format as fast as we can.

You're not *listening*: only the encoding of the gif is encumbered by patents.
The "decoding" of the gif is *not*.

So only the original author of the gif had to worry about using a software that
had a license to generate GIF's (like photoshop, etc.). To use/decode the GIF
there are no restrictions. AFAIK, there are absolutely no patent infrigments in
distributing the logo.gif file.

Now that I've said this, I must say that I would also prefer a completely
open-source format like PNG to be used :)

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