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SVG and its Path into the Linux Desktop (OS News)

[Posted March 24, 2004 by cook]

Christian Schaller writes about Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) on the GNOME platform in an OS News article. "Computer graphics have long been dominated by bitmapped images. However, the free software community has taken an innovative lead by adopting scalable graphic formats on its desktops. In this article I cover the history and rise of scalable graphics on the desktop from my viewpoint - a proponent of its use in the GNOME platform."

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SVG patent issues?

Posted Mar 25, 2004 18:09 UTC (Thu) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

I seem to recall some patent problems with SVG. An Adobe patent, I
think. Has this been resolved, or just ignored?