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diff --git a/README-IPTC b/README-IPTC new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c70f5ff5 --- /dev/null +++ b/README-IPTC @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +To: sam@engr.sgi.com +cc: adam@onshore.com +cc: billr@corbis.com +cc: magick@wizards.dupont.com +Subject: libtiff fork +X-Mailer: VM 6.63 under Emacs 20.3.2 +--text follows this line-- + +I've finished merging a forked libtiff that was being shipped with +ImageMagick (that added IPTC newsphoto support) with the last libtiff +release (tiff-v3.4beta037). I'm going to make this available at +ftp://ftp.onshore.com/pub/libtiff (as tiff-v3.4beta037-IPTC). + +I'm very reluctant to fork code, and I woud refrain, but for the following: + + 1. Repeated mail to you about the patches has gone unanswered. + + 2. I keep getting mail from people strugging to get IPTC newphoto support + to work properly with ImageMagick. + + 3. The NT source distibution was already shipping with a forked version. + +In order for the situation to be less confusing, I'm going to make an +archive of the forked version available. + +I very much would like for there not to be a fork. Are you still +maintaining libtiff? If not, is there a current maintainer? + +I'm willing to adopt it if there isn't. I'd hate to see such an +important library fragment. It's extremely likely that onShore +(http://onshore.com/), will donate web space, bandwidth, and listserv +services if so. + + + +------------------------------------------------------ +M. L. Welles mike@onShore.com + http://fifth.net/ +------------------------------------------------------- + + |