The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software v5b
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The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software
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-README for release 5a of 7-Dec-94
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+README for release 5b of 15-Mar-95
+==================================
This distribution contains the fifth public release of the Independent JPEG
Group's free JPEG software. You are welcome to redistribute this software and
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reasons, we are not distributing code for the arithmetic-coding process; see
LEGAL ISSUES. At present we have made no provision for supporting the
progressive, hierarchical, or lossless processes defined in the standard.
-(Support for progressive mode may be offered in a future release.)
+(Support for progressive mode will be offered in a future release.)
In order to support file conversion and viewing software, we have included
considerable functionality beyond the bare JPEG coding/decoding capability;
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fitness for a particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS", and you,
its user, assume the entire risk as to its quality and accuracy.
-This software is copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, Thomas G. Lane.
+This software is copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, Thomas G. Lane.
All Rights Reserved except as specified below.
Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
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So far as we are aware, there are no patent restrictions on the remaining
code.
+WARNING: Unisys has begun to enforce their patent on LZW compression against
+GIF encoders and decoders. You will need a license from Unisys to use the
+included rdgif.c or wrgif.c files in a commercial or shareware application.
+At this time, Unisys is not enforcing their patent against freeware, so
+distribution of this package remains legal. However, we intend to remove
+GIF support from the IJG package as soon as a suitable replacement format
+becomes reasonably popular.
+
We are required to state that
"The Graphics Interchange Format(c) is the Copyright property of
CompuServe Incorporated. GIF(sm) is a Service Mark property of
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The "official" archive site for this software is ftp.uu.net (Internet
address 192.48.96.9). The most recent released version can always be found
there in directory graphics/jpeg. This particular version will be archived
-as graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v5a.tar.gz. If you are on the Internet, you
+as graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v5b.tar.gz. If you are on the Internet, you
can retrieve files from ftp.uu.net by standard anonymous FTP. If you don't
have FTP access, UUNET's archives are also available via UUCP; contact
help@uunet.uu.net for information on retrieving files that way.
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submissions. However, only ftp.uu.net is guaranteed to have the latest
official version.
-You can also obtain this software from CompuServe, in the GRAPHSUPPORT
-forum (GO GRAPHSUP), probably in library 15 (there are rumors of a pending
-reorganization there). Again, CompuServe is not guaranteed to have the
-very latest version.
+You can also obtain this software from CompuServe, in the GRAPHSUPPORT forum
+(GO GRAPHSUP), library 12 "JPEG Tools". Again, CompuServe is not guaranteed
+to have the very latest version.
The JPEG FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) article is a useful source of
general information about JPEG. It is updated constantly and therefore is