In case you missed it, the GIF patent is dead after 20 years.  Now you can encode as many GIFs as you like.  Feel free to give Unisys the finger.http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4,558,302.WKU.&OS=PN/4,558,302&RS=PN/4,558,302