From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Beware Uni$ys (Re: transparent bitmaps)
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 03:01:23 +0400, "Alexei A. Frounze"
<alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru> wrote:

>How about making patent on watching TV and making love? :))
>I hate such things as paying for a well-known idea/method/etc.
>It's stupid.
>If it was a brand-new stuff or a know-how, then I'd pay for it. But not
>this way. GIF should become free at some point. At least, because it's a
>bit outdated thingy (I'm not about usage on the Net).

Patents last 17 years.  And GIF is outdated thanks to PNG and MNG:
  http://burnallgifs.org/

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