README
1This code is (mostly) from giflib 4.1.6
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3This seems to be the new location of the giflib project:
4http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib
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6Changes:
7 o Select only lib files needed.
8 o Hacked in O_BINARY support wherever O_BINARY is defined.
9 o Modify include section of c files
10 o Apply patch for http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/2542
11 o Apply Debian 01-cve.dpatch to fix CVE-2005-2974 and CVE-2005-3350
12 o Partial resync with gilib master (~5.1.1) to fix various Coverity warnings
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14History:
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16This package was originally written by Gershon Elber in 1990 on an IBM PC
17under MS-DOS using Borland Turbo C. He made it portable to several UNIX
18environments.
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20v1.0 (4 Jul 89) created by Gershon Elber.
21v2.1 featured substantial changes and additions by Eric S. Raymond.
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23Status:
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25Current maintainer is Eric S. Raymond.
26GIFLIB is not under active development, but bug fixes are being accepted.
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28License:
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30The GIFLIB is available under terms of MIT License.
31Also, refer to COPYING file.
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