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