Seonglae ChoGIF도 원래는 'BMP'란 포맷을 대체하고자 나온 포맷
In 1994, when Compuserve and Unisys attempted to impose royalties based on the LZW algorithm patent, GIF virtually vanished from the Internet for about 10 years due to it being patented. In 2006, after all related patents expired, GIF regained popularity as an animation file format.
Cashing in on GIF by charging royalties
Giving itself a $5K Christmas gift at the Internet's expense didn't go over well
https://dfarq.homeip.net/cashing-in-on-gif-by-charging-royalties/
Looking Glass might have just invented the GIF's 3D successor
On June 15th, 1987, CompuServe introduced the GIF, a way to share images - or animated sequences of images - anywhere. The incredible portability of the late Steve Wilhite's "graphics interchange format" made it the perfect canvas for viral memes. Now, a company called Looking Glass is trying to make holograms effortlessly portable, too.
https://www.theverge.com/23132875/looking-glass-blocks-3d-vr-sharable-image
