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1.1       misho       1: This directory contains the GD library available from 
                      2: http://www.boutell.com/gd/
                      3: 
                      4: The inclusion of this library with PHP is in response to the 
                      5: popularity of the GD extension and the GD library itself.  We felt
                      6: it would be worthwhile to make sure everyone had access to the
                      7: features of GD and by bundling GD with PHP we have a known target to
                      8: work against.
                      9: 
                     10: In addition to the above, a number of motivated PHP hackers have
                     11: expressed an interest in extending the functionality of the PHP-GD
                     12: combination.  By putting a version of GD into PHP CVS we have provided
                     13: a sandbox for them to throw sand at each other in.  Any and all
                     14: improvements we make to the GD library will be contributed back to the
                     15: original maintainers of this library at boutell.com.
                     16: 
                     17: The following statement is from the original GD package:
                     18: 
                     19:   Credits and license terms
                     20:   
                     21:    In order to resolve any possible confusion regarding the authorship of
                     22:    gd, the following copyright statement covers all of the authors who
                     23:    have required such a statement. _If you are aware of any oversights in
                     24:    this copyright notice, please contact Thomas Boutell who will be
                     25:    pleased to correct them._
                     26: 
                     27: COPYRIGHT STATEMENT FOLLOWS THIS LINE
                     28: 
                     29:      Portions copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
                     30:      by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Funded under Grant P41-RR02188 by
                     31:      the National Institutes of Health.
                     32:      
                     33:      Portions copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 by
                     34:      Boutell.Com, Inc.
                     35:      
                     36:      Portions relating to GD2 format copyright 1999, 2000 Philip Warner.
                     37:      
                     38:      Portions relating to PNG copyright 1999, 2000 Greg Roelofs.
                     39:      
                     40:      Portions relating to libttf copyright 1999, 2000 John Ellson
                     41:      (ellson@lucent.com).
                     42:      
                     43:      Portions relating to JPEG and to color quantization copyright 2000,
                     44:      Doug Becker and copyright (C) 1994-1998, Thomas G. Lane. This
                     45:      software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG
                     46:      Group. See the file README-JPEG.TXT for more information.
                     47:      
                     48:      Portions relating to WBMP copyright 2000 Maurice Szmurlo and Johan
                     49:      Van den Brande.
                     50:      
                     51:      _Permission has been granted to copy, distribute and modify gd in
                     52:      any context without fee, including a commercial application,
                     53:      provided that this notice is present in user-accessible supporting
                     54:      documentation._
                     55:      
                     56:      This does not affect your ownership of the derived work itself, and
                     57:      the intent is to assure proper credit for the authors of gd, not to
                     58:      interfere with your productive use of gd. If you have questions,
                     59:      ask. "Derived works" includes all programs that utilize the
                     60:      library. Credit must be given in user-accessible documentation.
                     61:      
                     62:      _This software is provided "AS IS."_ The copyright holders disclaim
                     63:      all warranties, either express or implied, including but not
                     64:      limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
                     65:      particular purpose, with respect to this code and accompanying
                     66:      documentation.
                     67:      
                     68:      Although their code does not appear in gd 2.0.1, the authors wish
                     69:      to thank David Koblas, David Rowley, and Hutchison Avenue Software
                     70:      Corporation for their prior contributions.
                     71:      
                     72: END OF COPYRIGHT STATEMENT