This directory contains the GD library available from http://www.boutell.com/gd/ The inclusion of this library with PHP is in response to the popularity of the GD extension and the GD library itself. We felt it would be worthwhile to make sure everyone had access to the features of GD and by bundling GD with PHP we have a known target to work against. In addition to the above, a number of motivated PHP hackers have expressed an interest in extending the functionality of the PHP-GD combination. By putting a version of GD into PHP CVS we have provided a sandbox for them to throw sand at each other in. Any and all improvements we make to the GD library will be contributed back to the original maintainers of this library at boutell.com. The following statement is from the original GD package: Credits and license terms In order to resolve any possible confusion regarding the authorship of gd, the following copyright statement covers all of the authors who have required such a statement. _If you are aware of any oversights in this copyright notice, please contact Thomas Boutell who will be pleased to correct them._ COPYRIGHT STATEMENT FOLLOWS THIS LINE Portions copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Funded under Grant P41-RR02188 by the National Institutes of Health. Portions copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 by Boutell.Com, Inc. Portions relating to GD2 format copyright 1999, 2000 Philip Warner. Portions relating to PNG copyright 1999, 2000 Greg Roelofs. Portions relating to libttf copyright 1999, 2000 John Ellson (ellson@lucent.com). Portions relating to JPEG and to color quantization copyright 2000, Doug Becker and copyright (C) 1994-1998, Thomas G. Lane. This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. See the file README-JPEG.TXT for more information. Portions relating to WBMP copyright 2000 Maurice Szmurlo and Johan Van den Brande. _Permission has been granted to copy, distribute and modify gd in any context without fee, including a commercial application, provided that this notice is present in user-accessible supporting documentation._ This does not affect your ownership of the derived work itself, and the intent is to assure proper credit for the authors of gd, not to interfere with your productive use of gd. If you have questions, ask. "Derived works" includes all programs that utilize the library. Credit must be given in user-accessible documentation. _This software is provided "AS IS."_ The copyright holders disclaim all warranties, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to this code and accompanying documentation. Although their code does not appear in gd 2.0.1, the authors wish to thank David Koblas, David Rowley, and Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation for their prior contributions. END OF COPYRIGHT STATEMENT