libpng
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| libpng | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Guy Eric Schalnat Andreas Dilger Glenn Randers-Pehrson et al |
| Latest release | 1.2.26 / 2 April 2008 |
| Written in | C |
| OS | cross platform |
| Genre | image library |
| License | zlib/libpng license |
| Website | http://libpng.org/ |
libpng is the official Portable Network Graphics (PNG) reference library (originally called pnglib). It is a platform-independent library that contains C functions for handling PNG images. It is developed by Guy Eric Schalnat, Andreas Dilger, Glenn Randers-Pehrson and others. libpng is dependent on zlib.
The first version of the library was released on May 1, 1995.
Released under the permissive free software licence used by zlib,[1] libpng is free software.

