LEGAL FAQ

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Just so you know, the LZW patent has expired everywhere now, so using GIFs with LZW compression should be fine.

See here. You may want to update your FAQ. This was also based on a patent rather than a copyright. Oh, and arguably the IBM patent for the exact same thing in the USA lasts until August 2006, but it's generally accepted as invalid.