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+Acknowledgments and Other Issues
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+Acknowledgments and Other Issues
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+<P>
+Silicon Graphics has seen fit to allow me to give this work away.  It
+is free.  There is no support or guarantee of any sort as to its
+operations, correctness, or whatever.  If you do anything useful with
+all or parts of it you need to honor the copyright notices.   I would
+also be interested in knowing about it and, hopefully, be acknowledged.
+
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+
+<H2>Acknowledgements</H2>
+
+The LZW algorithm is derived from the compress program (the proper
+attribution is included in the source code).  The Group 3 fax stuff
+originated as code from Jef Poskanzer, but has since been rewritten
+several times.  The latest version uses an algorithm from Frank
+Cringle -- consult <TT>libtiff/mkg3states.c</TT> and
+<TT>libtiff/tif_fax3.h</TT> for further information.
+The JPEG support was written by Tom Lane and is dependent on the
+excellent work of Tom Lane and the Independent JPEG Group (IJG)
+who distribute their work under friendly licensing similar to this
+software.
+Many other people have by now helped with bug fixes and code; a
+few of the more persistent contributors have been:
+
+<PRE>
+    Bjorn P. Brox               Dan McCoy
+    J.T. Conklin                Richard Minner
+    Frank D. Cringle            Richard Mlynarik
+    Soren Pingel Dalsgaard      Niles Ritter
+    Steve Johnson               Karsten Spang
+    Tom Lane                    Peter Smith
+</PRE>
+
+(my apology to anyone that was inadvertently not listed.)
+
+<H2>Warning</H2>
+
+It appears that Unisys is actively pursuing copyright control on the
+LZW compression algorithm.  In particular, users of the LZW compression
+within the TIFF framework.  For this reason the TIFF 6.0 spec states
+that LZW compression is not recommended.  It is unclear at this time
+what compression algorithm will be used in place of it.  I have no idea
+what this means to you or to this library.  I make no warranty or
+guarantees with regard to the LZW support in this library.
+
+
+<H2>Use and Copyright</H2>
+
+<P><H5><PRE>
+Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler
+Copyright (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, provided
+that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in
+all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of
+Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or
+publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written
+permission 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 FOR
+ANY 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.
+</PRE></H5>
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