$Header: /cvs/maptools/cvsroot/libtiff/README,v 1.5 2004/10/30 13:44:45 dron Exp $TIFF Software Distribution--------------------------This file is just a placeholder; all the documentation is now inHTML in the html directory. To view the documentation point yourfavorite WWW viewer at html/index.html; e.g. netscape html/index.htmlIf you don't have an HTML viewer then you can read the HTML sourceor fetch a PostScript version of this documentation from the directory ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/If you can't hack either of these options then basically what youwant to do is: % ./configure % make % su # make installMore information, email contacts, and mailing list information can be found online at http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/.Use and Copyright-----------------Silicon Graphics has seen fit to allow us to give this work away. Itis free. There is no support or guarantee of any sort as to itsoperations, correctness, or whatever. If you do anything useful withall or parts of it you need to honor the copyright notices. I wouldalso be interested in knowing about it and, hopefully, be acknowledged.The legal way of saying that is:Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam LefflerCopyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, providedthat (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear inall copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names ofSam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising orpublicity relating to the software without the specific, prior writtenpermission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics.THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FORANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.