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Glenn Randers-Pehrson54a066a1999-09-19 06:04:18 -05001COPYRIGHT NOTICE:
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3Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc.
4(libpng versions 0.5, May 1995, through 0.89c, May 1996)
5Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger
6(libpng versions 0.90, December 1996, through 0.96, May 1997)
Glenn Randers-Pehrson61c32d92000-02-04 23:40:16 -06007Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
8(libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.0.5q, February 5, 2000)
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10For the purposes of this copyright and license, "Contributing Authors"
11is defined as the following set of individuals:
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13 John Bowler
14 Kevin Bracey
15 Sam Bushell
16 Andreas Dilger
17 Magnus Holmgren
18 Tom Lane
19 Dave Martindale
20 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
Glenn Randers-Pehrson166c5a31999-12-10 09:43:02 -060021 Eric S. Raymond
Glenn Randers-Pehrsonbcfd15d1999-10-01 14:22:25 -050022 Greg Roelofs
23 Guy Eric Schalnat
24 Paul Schmidt
25 Tom Tanner
26 Willem van Schaik
27 Tim Wegner
Glenn Randers-Pehrson54a066a1999-09-19 06:04:18 -050028
29The PNG Reference Library is supplied "AS IS". The Contributing Authors
30and Group 42, Inc. disclaim all warranties, expressed or implied,
31including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of
32fitness for any purpose. The Contributing Authors and Group 42, Inc.
33assume no liability for direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary,
34or consequential damages, which may result from the use of the PNG
35Reference Library, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.
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37Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
38source code, or portions hereof, for any purpose, without fee, subject
39to the following restrictions:
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41 1. The origin of this source code must not be
42 misrepresented.
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44 2. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such
45 and must not be misrepresented as being the
46 original source.
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48 3. This Copyright notice may not be removed or
49 altered from any source or altered source
50 distribution.
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52The Contributing Authors and Group 42, Inc. specifically permit, without
53fee, and encourage the use of this source code as a component to
54supporting the PNG file format in commercial products. If you use this
55source code in a product, acknowledgment is not required but would be
56appreciated.
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Glenn Randers-Pehrson860ab2b1999-10-14 07:43:10 -050058A "png_get_copyright" function is available, for convenient use in "about"
59boxes and the like:
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61 printf("%s",png_get_copyright(NULL));
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63Also, the PNG logo (in PNG format, of course) is supplied in the
64file "pngnow.png".
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Glenn Randers-Pehrson61c32d92000-02-04 23:40:16 -060066Libpng is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI Certified Open Source is a
Glenn Randers-Pehrson860ab2b1999-10-14 07:43:10 -050067certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.
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Glenn Randers-Pehrson54a066a1999-09-19 06:04:18 -050069Glenn Randers-Pehrson
Glenn Randers-Pehrsonbcfd15d1999-10-01 14:22:25 -050070randeg@alum.rpi.edu
Glenn Randers-Pehrson61c32d92000-02-04 23:40:16 -060071February 5, 2000