1*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker= GIFLIB = 2*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 3*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThis is the README file of GIFLIB, a library for manipulating GIF files. 4*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 5*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerLatest versions of GIFLIB are currently hosted at: 6*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib 7*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 8*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker== Overview == 9*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 10*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerGIF is a legacy format; we recommend against generating new images in 11*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Workerit. For a cleaner, more extensible design with better color support 12*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Workerand compression, look up PNG. 13*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 14*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Workergiflib provides code for reading GIF files and transforming them into 15*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerRGB bitmaps, and for writing RGB bitmaps as GIF files. 16*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 17*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe (permissive) open-source license is in the file COPYING. 18*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 19*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerYou will find build instructions in build.adoc 20*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 21*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerYou will find full documentation of the API in doc/ and on the 22*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Workerproject website. 23*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 24*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerPlease report bugs to the bug tracker on sourceforge: 25*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 26*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Workerhttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=102202 27*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 28*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe project has a long and confusing history, described in history.adoc 29*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 30*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe project to-do list is in TODO. 31*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 32*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker== Authors == 33*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 34*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerGershon Elber <gershon[AT]cs.technion.sc.il> 35*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker original giflib code 36*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 37*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerToshio Kuratomi <toshio[AT]tiki-lounge.com> 38*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker uncompressed gif writing code 39*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker former maintainer 40*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 41*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerEric Raymond <esr[AT]snark.thyrsus.com> 42*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker current as well as long time former maintainer of giflib code 43*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 44*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThere have been many other contributors; see the attributions in the 45*324bb76bSAndroid Build Coastguard Workerversion-control history to learn more. 46