User Manual

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libjpeg Version 6b
The Independent JPEG Group’s JPEG software
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README for release 6b of 27-Mar-1998
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This distribution contains the sixth public release of the Independent JPEG Group’s
free JPEG software. You are welcome to redistribute this software and to use it for any
purpose, subject to the conditions under LEGAL ISSUES, below.
Serious users of this software (particularly those incorporating it into larger programs)
should contact IJG at [e-mail] to be added to our electronic mailing list.
Mailing list members are notifi ed of updates and have a chance to participate in technical
discussions, etc.
This software is the work of Tom Lane, Philip Gladstone, Jim Boucher, Lee Crocker,
Julian Minguillon, Luis Ortiz, George Phillips, Davide Rossi, Guido Vollbeding,
Ge’ Weijers, and other members of the Independent JPEG Group.
IJG is not affi liated with the offi cial ISO JPEG standards committee.
DOCUMENTATION ROADMAP
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This fi le contains the following sections:
OVERVIEW General description of JPEG and the IJG software.
LEGAL ISSUES Copyright, lack of warranty, terms of distribution.
REFERENCES Where to learn more about JPEG.
ARCHIVE LOCATIONS Where to fi nd newer versions of this software.
RELATED SOFTWARE Other stuff you should get.
FILE FORMAT WARS Software *not* to get.
TO DO Plans for future IJG releases.
Other documentation fi les in the distribution are: