CompuServe Messages

>>Speaking of GIF, saw a message (actually a lot of them) in one of the Mac.COM Newsgroups that >>Compuserve has decided to require everyone to pay royalties for using the GIF format. Amazing how >>there hasn't been anything on Compuserve about this. Lanny — CIS isn't going to require everyone to pay royalties for using the GIF format. The following is a paragraph from the GIF Developer Agreement Update I found on the CIS World Wide Web page, (HTTP:\\WWW.COMPUSERVE.COM). >>CompuServe remains committed to keeping open the GIF 89a specification both within CompuServe and >>in areas outside CompuServe. CompuServe continues to strongly support the use of the GIF >>specification in the entire online community including the Internet and World Wide Web. This >>agreement will be transparent to end-users and will not result in any charges for people using >>viewers or transmitting GIF images. >>Tim Oren, >>CompuServe Vice President, Future Technology — Bill