
  Credits and license terms
  
   In order to resolve any possible confusion regarding the authorship of
   gd, the following copyright statement covers all of the authors who
   have required such a statement. _If you are aware of any oversights in
   this copyright notice, please contact Thomas Boutell who will be
   pleased to correct them._

COPYRIGHT STATEMENT FOLLOWS THIS LINE

     Portions copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, by Cold
     Spring Harbor Laboratory. Funded under Grant P41-RR02188 by the
     National Institutes of Health.
     
     Portions copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, by Boutell.Com, Inc.
     
     Portions relating to GD2 format copyright 1999 Philip Warner.
     
     Portions relating to PNG copyright 1999, Greg Roelofs.
     
     Portions relating to libttf copyright 1999, John Ellson
     (ellson@lucent.com).
     
     _Permission has been granted to copy and distribute gd in any
     context, including a commercial application, provided that this
     notice is present in user-accessible supporting documentation._
     
     This does not affect your ownership of the derived work itself, and
     the intent is to assure proper credit for the authors of gd, not to
     interfere with your productive use of gd. If you have questions,
     ask. "Derived works" includes all programs that utilize the
     library. Credit must be given in user-accessible documentation.
     
     Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
     its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
     granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
     copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
     notice appear in supporting documentation. This software is
     provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
     
     Although their code does not appear in gd 1.6.2, the authors wish
     to thank David Koblas, David Rowley, and Hutchison Avenue Software
     Corporation for their prior contributions.
     
     Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
     its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
     granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
     copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
     notice appear in supporting documentation. _This software is
     provided "AS IS."_ The copyright holders disclaim all warranties,
     either express or implied, including but not limited to implied
     warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose,
     with respect to this code and accompanying documentation.
     
END OF COPYRIGHT STATEMENT

