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October 1, 2006 -
The Software Freedom Law Center announced that after
October 1,
2006 all significant patent
claims interfering with the employment of the GIF format will
expire and all users should have no concerns about using the
format.
December 24, 1994
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Unisys and CompuServe announced
that they expected licensing fees for software that creates and
displays GIF images. This caused a lot of hysteria among
developers and website owners using GIF images because of
potential future GIF taxes that lead to the development of the
PNG format.
1987 -
CompuServe introduces the GIF standard and images.
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