                             Nconvert v4.25
                              XnView v1.74
                              GFL SDK v2.20

                   Copyright (c) 1991-2004 Pierre-E Gougelet
                           All Rights Reserved.



Disclaimer
==========

  Installing and using these software (Nview, Nconvert, View2, XnView) signifies acceptance of these terms and conditions of the license.


  XnView/NConvert are provided as Freeware for private non-commercial or educational use (including non-profit organization)
 
    You are granted the right to use and to make an unlimited number of copies of this software.

  For commercial use and distribution, it is necessary to register. It is a help for the development of future versions. 


  These software are provided "as-is". 
  No warranty of any kind is expressed or implied. 
  The author will not be liable for data loss, damages, loss of profits or any other kind of loss while using or misusing this software.
  
  Any suggestions, feedback and comments are welcome. 



Homepage
========

E-Mail:         webmaster@xnview.com
                pierre.g@wanadoo.fr

Web site :      http://www.xnview.com
                http://www.xnview.net
                http://www.xnview.org
                http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g

NewsGroup :     http://newsgroup.xnview.com


Platforms
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  ATARI ST, STe, Falcon, TT and compatible
  PC x86 DOS
  PC x86 Windows 3.1x, 95, 98, NT, Me, 2000 & Xp
  PC x86 Linux v2.x (X Window & Lesstif/openMotif)
  PC x86 FreeBSD v3.x (X Window & Lesstif/openMotif)
  Silicon Graphics IRIX v5.2 and above
  Sun Solaris v2.5.1 and above
  Solaris x86 v8.0
  HP-UX v11.0 and above
  AIX v4.2 and above
  BeOS v5.0 and above
  MacOS X


GIF/TIFF LZW reading/writing:
-------------------
  You need to purchase a license because LZW is a patented algorithm. 
  More information is available on http://www.unisys.com

JBIG reading/writing:
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  You need to purchase a license because JBIG is a patented format. 
  More information is available on http://www.ibm.com and http://www.jpeg.org/

Copyright:
---------

  LibJPEG 6b - http://www.ijg.org
    This software is copyright (C) 1991-1998, Thomas G. Lane. All Rights Reserved 

  PNGLib 1.2.5 - http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
    Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc. (libpng versions 0.5, May 1995, through 0.89c, May 1996)
    Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger (libpng versions 0.90, December 1996, through 0.96, May 1997)
    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Glenn Randers-Pehrson (libpng versions 0.97,January 1998, through 1.0.5, October 15, 1999)

  Zlib 1.2.1 - http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
    Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler 

  JIF - http://jeff.cafe.net/jif/
    (c) Jeff Tupper

  RAW - http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/
    (c) Dave Coffin

Credits:
--------

  Solaris version : Tobias Oetiker
  HP-UX version   : Philippe Choquert
  AIX version     : Philippe Choquert

  Translation:
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    German        : Axel C. Burgbacher, Helmut Mueller
    Italian       : Alexandro F.Proietti, Armando R. La Mura
    Russian       : Igor Alikin, Alexander Gorbylev
    Spanish       : Jorge A. Montes Pérez
    Swedish       : Mĺrten Mellberg, Olof Törnqvist
    Estonian      : Ahti Kaskpeit
    Dutch         : Michiel Oosterhagen, Theo Eering
    Czech         : Petr Bohdan
    Portuguese (Brazilian) : Paulo Neto
    Portuguese    : António Eduardo Marques
    Hungarian     : Jozsef Herczeg
    Danish        : Allan Bergmann Jensen
    Polish        : Sergiusz Klimkiewicz, Tomasz Fiszer
    Greek         : Symeon Charalabides
    Bulgarian     : Denis Ivajlov
    Slovak        : Lucas Sivak, Peter Cipov
    Japanese      : Yong Wei, Motomatsu Nobuhiro
    Slovene       : Grega Fajdiga
    Byelorussian  : Alexander Gorbylev
    Arabic        : Mohammad Deeb
    Ukrainian     : Taras Domansky
    Chinese simplified  : Alexander Yang, Roy Yao
    Chinese traditional : Frank Liu, Alexander Yang
    Romanian      : Ioan Russu
    Korean        : Kim Wooyoung
    Catalan       : Jesús Corrius
    Finish        : Jouni Paulus
    Norwegian     : Lillian Solum, Lasse Drageset
    Galician      : Fernando Coello
    Hebrew        : Eitan Gilboa
    Thaď          : Thanachai Wachiraworakam
    Croatian      : Josip Sinkovic
    Afrikaans     : Samuel Murray
    Lithuanian    : Linas Grinius
    Turkish       : Ibrahim Kutluay
    Serbian       : Nik Vukovljak
    Vietnamese    : Ton, Quang Toai & Vo, Khanh Kim Van
    Malaysian     : Ooi Ghee Tiong
    Basque        : Axier Lopez
    Icelandic     : Svanur Pálsson
    Latvian       : Aldis Priednieks, Aldis Putelis
    Uzbek         : Sherzod Mamatkulov

  Beta-tester : 
    Claude Charries, Pierre Kueny, Michael O'Leary, Laurent Olivares, Benoît Mirada, Jerome Quintard, ...

