| GIF is one of the oldest file formats
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| | algorithms that are patented and not free
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| used for graphics and digital photos
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| | to use. GIF became so popular that
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| storage. GIF has many technical
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| | practically it is used in many places
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| advantages but it also has one big
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| | without any practical licensing issues
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| business disadvantage. GIF uses LZW
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| | but regardless of the problem being
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| compression which is tangled with patents
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| | practical and real it drove some industry
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| and licensing issues. The free creation
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| | groups to get organized in order to find
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| and usage of GIF files was always in
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| | a way to solve it once and for all.One
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| debate.While GIF is a great format for
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| | solution that was suggested and
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| the storage of graphics the usage of GIF
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| | implemented was to create a completely
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| files represents some licensing issues.
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| | new file format that will simply replace
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| Specifically GIF uses the LZW compression
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| | the old GIF.
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