Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268479AbUJDUmc (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:42:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268482AbUJDUmc (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:42:32 -0400 Received: from mail.dif.dk ([193.138.115.101]:62935 "EHLO mail.dif.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268479AbUJDUlo (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:41:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:49:07 +0200 (CEST) From: Jesper Juhl To: Tonnerre Cc: Linus Torvalds , Larry Ewing , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] How about making Tux official - it's about time... In-Reply-To: <20041004203521.GE30858@thundrix.ch> Message-ID: References: <20041004203521.GE30858@thundrix.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 904 Lines: 26 On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Tonnerre wrote: > Salut, > On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 10:39:10PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > Also, on a related note; how about a PNG version instead of a GIF in > the > > kernel source? PNG is a nice open format, GIF has this unpleasant > patent > > smell...? > The LZW patent from Unisys has timed out some monthes ago. The only > point that's left against GIF is that it's terribly ugly. Yes, you are right. I was aware of the patent expiration (should probably have said), but the smell lingers ;) but yes, a PNG could be nicer as well simply by having more colours available, GIF's are sadly limited there. -- Jesper Juhl - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/