From e533738405db6fc51d5d0686066b9a0778b652fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Welles <mike@bangstate.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:20:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] really, this time is going to be the release

---
 ChangeLog        |  4 ++--
 html/v3.5.3.html | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fab46798..05c92be2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Tue Nov 30 14:41:43 1999  Frank Warmerdam  <warmerda@gdal.velocet.ca>
+Tue Nov 30 14:41:43 1999  Frank Warmerdam  <warmerda@gdal.velocet.ca>    ***3.5.3. release***
 
 	* Added tif_luv to contrib/djgpp/Makefile.lib.
 
 Tue Nov 30 14:15:32 EST 1999   Mike Welles <mike@onshore.com> 
 
         * Added zip creation to relase makefile target 
-	
+
 	* Added html for TIFFWriteTile.3t man page. 
 	
 Tue Nov 30 09:20:16 1999  Frank Warmerdam  <warmerda@gdal.velocet.ca>
diff --git a/html/v3.5.3.html b/html/v3.5.3.html
index f4a14b66..b680e4aa 100644
--- a/html/v3.5.3.html
+++ b/html/v3.5.3.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Changes in TIFF v3.5.3
 <HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
 <B>Current Version</B>: v3.5.3<BR>
 <B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.5.2.html>v3.5.2</a><BR>
-<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.onshore.com/pub/libtiff">ftp.onshore.com, directory graphics/tiff</A><BR>
+<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.onshore.com/pub/libtiff">ftp.onshore.com</a>, directory pub/libtiff</A><BR>
 <B>Master HTTP Site</B>: <A HREF="http://www.libtiff.org/">http://www.libtiff.org</a> 
 <HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
 </UL>
@@ -33,8 +33,37 @@ The following information is located here:
 <LI><A HREF="#libtiff">Changes in libtiff</A>
 <LI><A HREF="#tools">Changes in the tools</A>
 </UL>
-
-<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right>
+<p> 
+The ChangeLog will follow, but please note the most important change: 
+LZW compression has been removed. 
+<p>
+Unisys has the patent on LZW compression and have been very active in
+their enforcement of late, demanding payments of $5000 or more from
+websites using unlicensed software to create GIF's.  They could well
+do the same do persons using libtiff to create LZW compressed TIFF
+images.
+<p> 
+From <A HREF=http://burnallgifs.org>Burn All GIF's Day</a>:
+<br> 
+<em>The catch is that it appears to be difficult or impossible to get a
+Unisys license to use LZW in free software that complies with the Open
+Source Definition</em>
+<P>
+Unfortunatly, the removal of LZW compression means that saved image size has
+grown dramatically.  Without a change in the TIFF spec to support
+another lossless compression format, this is unavoidable.
+<P>
+The library can use zip for lossless compression, but as this is not
+part of the spec, TIFFs using zip compression may not work with other
+software
+<P> 
+We will be making a patch available that will contain the LZW
+compression code for users who have either obtained a license from
+Unisys or are willing to risk it. 
+<p> 
+LZW decompression is unchanged. 
+<p> 
+<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
 
 <A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A>
 
@@ -44,7 +73,7 @@ The following information is located here:
 
 </UL>
 
-<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right>
+<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
 
 <A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A>
 
@@ -85,7 +114,7 @@ The following information is located here:
 	   memory mapped files. <ivo.penzar@infolink-software.com>
 </UL>
 
-<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right>
+<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left>
 
 <A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A>
 
@@ -97,7 +126,7 @@ The following information is located here:
 
 <HR>
 
-Last updated $Date: 1999-11-30 19:37:40 $.
+Last updated $Date: 1999-11-30 21:20:15 $.
 
 </BODY>
 </HTML>