1= GIFLIB =
2
3This is the README file of GIFLIB, a library for manipulating GIF files.
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5Latest versions of GIFLIB are currently hosted at:
6    http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib
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8== Overview ==
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10GIF is a legacy format; we recommend against generating new images in
11it.  For a cleaner, more extensible design with better color support
12and compression, look up PNG.
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14giflib provides code for reading GIF files and transforming them into
15RGB bitmaps, and for writing RGB bitmaps as GIF files.
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17The (permissive) open-source license is in the file COPYING.
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19You will find build instructions in build.adoc
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21You will find full documentation of the API in doc/ and on the
22project website.
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24Please report bugs to the bug tracker on sourceforge:
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26http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=102202
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28The project has a long and confusing history, described in history.adoc
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30The project to-do list is in TODO.
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32== Authors ==
33
34Gershon Elber <gershon[AT]cs.technion.sc.il>
35	original giflib code
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37Toshio Kuratomi <toshio[AT]tiki-lounge.com>
38        uncompressed gif writing code
39        former maintainer
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41Eric Raymond <esr[AT]snark.thyrsus.com>
42        current as well as long time former maintainer of giflib code
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44There have been many other contributors; see the attributions in the
45version-control history to learn more.
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