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  • From: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: AW: New SRR tag
  • Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:47:00 +0100

On Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 01:28PM, Jochen Bruening
<jochen.bruening AT uni-konstanz.de> wrote:

>Rather than using the proprietary .gif format to express the CC idea (sic) I
>would prefer an open format like .png. Also a pure black and white coloring
>would relief some agonised web designers ;-)

The lzw patent has expired in most jurisdictions IIRC, and there's still very
little reliable support for PNG. GIF is well-supported and well-understood,
so IMHO it the best format for net graphics such as logos. JPEG is the best
open format in terms of adoption, although I appreciate it's very different
in aims and abilities from GIF/PNG.

I agree about the B&W version, vector versions for print work would be good,
too. Or CC could release the vector sources and the community could make as
many versions in as many different formats as they like and give them back
through (say) a wiki.

- Rob.



  • Re: AW: New SRR tag, Rob Myers, 04/22/2004

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