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This copy of the libpng notices is provided for your convenience.  In case of
any discrepancy between this copy and the notices in the file png.h that is
included in the libpng distribution, the latter shall prevail.

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE, DISCLAIMER, and LICENSE:
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If you modify libpng you may insert additional notices immediately following
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This code is released under the libpng license.
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libpng versions 1.0.7, July 1, 2000, through 1.6.22beta03, February 10, 2016, are
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Copyright (c) 2000-2002, 2004, 2006-2016 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, are
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derived from libpng-1.0.6, and are distributed according to the same
disclaimer and license as libpng-1.0.6 with the following individuals
added to the list of Contributing Authors:
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   Simon-Pierre Cadieux
   Eric S. Raymond
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   Mans Rullgard
   Cosmin Truta
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   Gilles Vollant
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   James Yu
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and with the following additions to the disclaimer:

   There is no warranty against interference with your enjoyment of the
   library or against infringement.  There is no warranty that our
   efforts or the library will fulfill any of your particular purposes
   or needs.  This library is provided with all faults, and the entire
   risk of satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy, and effort is with
   the user.

libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.0.6, March 20, 2000, are
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Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, are derived from
libpng-0.96, and are distributed according to the same disclaimer and
license as libpng-0.96, with the following individuals added to the list
of Contributing Authors:
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   Tom Lane
   Glenn Randers-Pehrson
   Willem van Schaik

libpng versions 0.89, June 1996, through 0.96, May 1997, are
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Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Andreas Dilger, are derived from libpng-0.88,
and are distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as
libpng-0.88, with the following individuals added to the list of
Contributing Authors:
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   John Bowler
   Kevin Bracey
   Sam Bushell
   Magnus Holmgren
   Greg Roelofs
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   Tom Tanner

libpng versions 0.5, May 1995, through 0.88, January 1996, are
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Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc.
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For the purposes of this copyright and license, "Contributing Authors"
is defined as the following set of individuals:

   Andreas Dilger
   Dave Martindale
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   Guy Eric Schalnat
   Paul Schmidt
   Tim Wegner
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The PNG Reference Library is supplied "AS IS".  The Contributing Authors
and Group 42, Inc. disclaim all warranties, expressed or implied,
including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of
fitness for any purpose.  The Contributing Authors and Group 42, Inc.
assume no liability for direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary,
or consequential damages, which may result from the use of the PNG
Reference Library, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.

Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
source code, or portions hereof, for any purpose, without fee, subject
to the following restrictions:

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  1. The origin of this source code must not be misrepresented.
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  2. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such and must not
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  3. This Copyright notice may not be removed or altered from any
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The Contributing Authors and Group 42, Inc. specifically permit, without
fee, and encourage the use of this source code as a component to
supporting the PNG file format in commercial products.  If you use this
source code in a product, acknowledgment is not required but would be
appreciated.

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END OF COPYRIGHT NOTICE, DISCLAIMER, and LICENSE.

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TRADEMARK:
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The name "libpng" has not been registered by the Copyright owner
as a trademark in any jurisdiction.  However, because libpng has
been distributed and maintained world-wide, continually since 1995,
the Copyright owner claims "common-law trademark protection" in any
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OSI CERTIFICATION:
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Libpng is OSI Certified Open Source Software.  OSI Certified Open Source is
a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative. OSI has not addressed
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the additional disclaimers inserted at version 1.0.7.
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EXPORT CONTROL:

The Copyright owner believes that the Export Control Classification
Number (ECCN) for libpng is EAR99, which means not subject to export
controls or International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) because
it is open source, publicly available software, that does not contain
any encryption software.  See the EAR, paragraphs 734.3(b)(3) and
734.7(b).

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Glenn Randers-Pehrson
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glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
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February 10, 2016