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+TIFF Software Distribution
+--------------------------
+This file is just a placeholder; all the documentation is now in
+HTML in the html directory.  To view the documentation point your
+favorite WWW viewer at html/index.html; 
+
+e.g.
+
+    firefox html/index.html
+
+If you don't have an HTML viewer then you can read the HTML source
+or fetch a PostScript version of this documentation from the directory
+
+    http://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/
+
+If you can't hack either of these options then basically what you
+want to do is:
+
+    % ./configure
+    % make
+    % su
+    # make install
+
+More information, email contacts, and mailing list information can be 
+found online at http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/
+
+Source code repository
+----------------------
+
+[GitLab](https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff)
+
+Bug database
+------------
+
+[GitLab issues](https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/issues)
+
+Previously, the project used
+[Bugzilla](http://bugzilla.maptools.org/buglist.cgi?product=libtiff). This
+is no longer in use, and all remaining issues have been migrated to GitLab.
+
+Use and Copyright
+-----------------
+Silicon Graphics has seen fit to allow us to give this work away.  It
+is free.  There is no support or guarantee of any sort as to its
+operations, correctness, or whatever.  If you do anything useful with
+all or parts of it you need to honor the copyright notices.   I would
+also be interested in knowing about it and, hopefully, be acknowledged.
+
+The legal way of saying that is:
+
+Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler
+Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and 
+its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
+that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in
+all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of
+Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or
+publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written
+permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 
+EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY 
+WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  
+
+IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR
+ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
+OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
+WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF 
+LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE 
+OF THIS SOFTWARE.