The only problem is that the .GIF compression routine is copyright'ed, so
you're theoretically supposed to pay whenever you use the compression
routine. Search
http://www.slashdot.org for details, I don't remember them
clearly. At the same time, I highly doubt that the owner of the copyrights
is going to search out every "illegal" user and prosecute.
Now, as for why Paul S. isn't rich... who knows? I'm getting poorer (and
much happier!) every time I order! :>
--PBr, reading too much /. recently...
> -----Original Message-----
> From:Tkacs, Ken [SMTP:ken.tkacs@...]
> Sent:Friday, May 26, 2000 8:32 AM
> To:'motm@egroups.com'
> Subject:RE: [motm] How come I'm not rich?
>
>
> Boy, anything else? <bg>
>
> I actually started the process of doing the module faceplates over as
> high-quality, high contrast GIF files, rather than JPeG, which is an
> inappropriate compression format for the panels. The GIFs are MANY times
> finer in detail with no compression artifacts. They print a thousand times
> better than the JPeGs. They still aren't real small, though-we want people
> to be able to read the panels, and that level of detail requires a certain
> minimum of overhead.
>
> Enclosed is an example.
>
> <<MOTM-110-Panel.GIF>>
>