Re: [AD] GIF patent / support

[Chris <kcat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:
> +      Most likely license issues. Allegro's giftware license is too
> +      permissive to easily include third party software. Even if the license
> +      of some file format was compatible, the Allegro developers have decided
> +      to not include further file format support into Allegro. They can be
> +      writen as addons using register_bitmap_file_type(). For available
> +      addons, browse the Libraries section of the website
> +      <link>http://www.allegro.cc/</a>.

Hmm.. this still sounds a bit cop-out-ish. Granted it could be far 
worse, I think something along the lines of this would be better:

"Supporting a more popular format would make Allegro programs too 
dependant on that format and go against Allegro's cross-platform and 
format-inspecific nature. There are plenty of add-on extensions for you 
to pick and choose from to put in your own code."

- Kitty Cat