From 0769c447b7108fe616d855e1ba367ecbb90ba471 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Even Rouault Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:44:19 +0100 Subject: Rename README as README.md, and update content --- README | 61 -------------------------------------------------------- README.md | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 5f30f4ee..00000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,61 +0,0 @@ -$Header: /cvs/maptools/cvsroot/libtiff/README,v 1.7 2012-02-18 21:53:27 bfriesen Exp $ - - -TIFF Software Distribution --------------------------- -This file is just a placeholder; all the documentation is now in -HTML in the html directory. To view the documentation point your -favorite WWW viewer at html/index.html; - -e.g. - - firefox html/index.html - -If you don't have an HTML viewer then you can read the HTML source -or fetch a PostScript version of this documentation from the directory - - ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/ - -If you can't hack either of these options then basically what you -want to do is: - - % ./configure - % make - % su - # make install - -More information, email contacts, and mailing list information can be -found online at http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/. - - -Use and Copyright ------------------ -Silicon Graphics has seen fit to allow us to give this work away. It -is free. There is no support or guarantee of any sort as to its -operations, correctness, or whatever. If you do anything useful with -all or parts of it you need to honor the copyright notices. I would -also be interested in knowing about it and, hopefully, be acknowledged. - -The legal way of saying that is: - -Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler -Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc. - -Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and -its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided -that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in -all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of -Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or -publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written -permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics. - -THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, -EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY -WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. - -IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR -ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, -OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, -WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF -LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE -OF THIS SOFTWARE. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d3d16d6b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +TIFF Software Distribution +-------------------------- +This file is just a placeholder; all the documentation is now in +HTML in the html directory. To view the documentation point your +favorite WWW viewer at html/index.html; + +e.g. + + firefox html/index.html + +If you don't have an HTML viewer then you can read the HTML source +or fetch a PostScript version of this documentation from the directory + + http://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/ + +If you can't hack either of these options then basically what you +want to do is: + + % ./configure + % make + % su + # make install + +More information, email contacts, and mailing list information can be +found online at http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/ + +Source code repository +---------------------- + +https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff + +Bug database +------------ + +http://bugzilla.maptools.org/buglist.cgi?product=libtiff + + +Use and Copyright +----------------- +Silicon Graphics has seen fit to allow us to give this work away. It +is free. There is no support or guarantee of any sort as to its +operations, correctness, or whatever. If you do anything useful with +all or parts of it you need to honor the copyright notices. I would +also be interested in knowing about it and, hopefully, be acknowledged. + +The legal way of saying that is: + +Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler +Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc. + +Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and +its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided +that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in +all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of +Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or +publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written +permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, +EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY +WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + +IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR +ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, +OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, +WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF +LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE +OF THIS SOFTWARE. -- cgit v1.2.1