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TGIFImage is Copyright © 1997-99 Anders Melander. All rights reserved.
Please see copyright.txt
for
additional copyrights.
Before proceeding with the installation and/or use of this software, carefully read the following terms and conditions of this license agreement and limited warranty (The License).
By installing or using this software you indicate your acceptance of this License. If you do not accept or agree with these terms, you may not install or use this software!
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This software, including documentation, source code, object code and/or additional
materials (TGIFImage) is owned by Anders Melander (the Author). This License does not provide you with title or ownership of TGIFImage, but only a right of limited use as outlined in this License agreement. The Author hereby grant you a non-exclusive, royalty free license to use TGIFImage as set forth below:
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You are granted a non-exclusive, royalty-free right to reproduce and redistribute executable files created using TGIFImage (the Executable Code) in conjunction with software products that you develop and/or market (the Applications). | ||||||||||||
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Without the expressed, written consent of the Author, you may NOT:
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There is no warranty or other guarantee of fitness for this software, it is provided solely "as is". Bug reports or fixes may be sent to the Author, who may or may not act on them as he desires. | ||||||||||||
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GIF (and thus TGIFImage) uses an adaption of the LZW compression algorithm for image compression.
The LZW algorithm is patented by UNISYS. Unfortunately UNISYS requires royalty payment for all software
that uses the LZW algorithm.
To avoid the use of the LZW algorithm for writing GIFs, TGIFImage can write GIFs using a LZW
compatible RLE compression method. See the TGIFImage.Compression property for more information.
There are conflicting opinions on whether a LZW license is required to read GIFs. Some patent
lawyers are of the opinion that the LZW patent does not cover LZW decoders, but others
disagree. If this matters to you, you should contact your own lawyer. The LZW patent expires in 2004. | ||||||||||||
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If you redistribute TGIFImage in binary form (i.e. as a library or linked into an application), the accompanying documentation (e.g. readme file, help file or about-box) should state that This software is based, in part, on the work of Anders Melander or words to that effect. |
Even though TGIFImage is freeware, it happens occasionally that people insist on paying me
for it anyway. Although I appreciate this gesture, I still prefer to keep TGIFImage
free as a bird. However, if you should feel an irresistible urge to ease your conscience and improve your karma, I suggest that you either spend what ever you think TGIFImage is worth to you on a charity of your own choice or buy me a book (anything goes). If you go for the book, my address is: Anders Melander Finsensvej 79, 2tv. DK-2000 Frederiksberg Denmark |