[Digikam-devel] [Bug 143330] Cannot "save as" GIF format

[yuval hager]

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------- Additional Comments From yuval avramzon net  2007-03-22 09:45 -------
As far as I know, GIF patents are expired for a long time (2003/2004/2006 - depending on location), which means they are public property by now.
See the footnote here: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html

I prefer PNG for most of my uses, but some times I am required to send GIFs to other people. 

I don't think this bug is invalid, since I still have the choice of GIF in the file formats list on the save-as dialog. Either remove this from the list, or use the code to convert to GIF (I am using Imagemagick, which IS a free software, to save GIF files when showfoto breaks on me).

I believe this bug should be reopened.