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TIFF Software Distribution

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This file is just a placeholder; all the documentation is now in

HTML in the html directory.  To view the documentation point your

favorite WWW viewer at html/index.html; e.g.



    netscape html/index.html



If you don't have an HTML viewer then you can read the HTML source

or fetch a PostScript version of this documentation from the directory



    ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff/doc



If you can't hack either of these options then basically what you

want to do is:



    % ./configure

    % make

    % su

    # make install



If that doesn't do what you want, or something isn't clear then

sorry, but you're SOL.



    Sam Leffler	(sam@engr.sgi.com)





Use and Copyright

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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.



The legal way of saying that is:



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.