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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.

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<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>
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<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>
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</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>
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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>
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<HR>
Last updated $Date: 1999-11-30 19:37:40 $.
Last updated $Date: 1999-11-30 21:20:15 $.
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