yes ,according to this article http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/20/0216233.shtml?tid=152&tid=155&tid=185&tid=99
today is the liberation day for the Gif format
what does this mean to us?
it means that finally open source developers can develop image manipulation software that support gif format without any worry about unisys patent
goog NEWS!!!
joe

what does this mean to us?

3arabeya Gif, Mobile Gif...:D

Maher

the problem was with the compressed gifs "LZW algorithm"
hip hip horray!