Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]interesting. the GIF format has this problem a few years ago; PNG and MNG were created to address licensing problems associated with GIFs. there is a similar format JNG which is a lossy compression format similar to JPEG. these formats have been creeping into browsers and other applications over the past few years. for further info, see: http://www.libpng.com http://www.libmng.com - -rei > From: Adam Bridge <abridge@dcn.davis.ca.us> > > The future of the current jpeg standard for transmission of images is being > undermined by litigation. > > If you'd like to find out a little more you can got to the JPEG working > group site. Since we're in the image business anything that affects our > ability to easily transmit them should be of interest. > > It seemed that JPEG would be safe, but it appears not to be. Sigh. > > Here's a non-inflammatory URL: > > http://www.jpeg.org/newsrel1.htm > > Adam Bridge - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html