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@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +* LibVNCServer (C) 2001 Johannes E. Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> +is based on +* Original OSXvnc (C) 2001 Dan McGuirk <mcguirk@incompleteness.net>, +which in turn is based on +* Original Xvnc (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. + +Lots of improvements of this library are thanks to +* TightVNC (C) 2000-2003 Const Kaplinsky + +The ZRLE compression scheme is from +* RealVNC (James "Wez" Weatherall, who helped also with regions) + +The good folks from +* KRFB (I think it was Tim Jansen) +helped also a lot (some *big* bugs!). + +Karl Runge provided an x11vnc, which is a much, much improved version of my +original proof-of-concept. It really deserves to replace the old version, +as it is a state-of-the-art, fast and usable program by now! + +Occasional important patches were sent by (in order I found the names in my +archives and please don't beat me, if I forgot you, but just send me an +email!): Akira Hatakeyama, Karl J. Runge, Justin "Zippy" Dearing, +Oliver Mihatsch, Greg Sternberg, Werner Hofer, Giampiero Giancipoli, +Glenn Mabutt, Paul Kreiner. + +Probably I forgot quite a few people sending a patch here and there, which +really made a difference. Without those, some obscure bugs still would +be unfound. + +A hearty unthanks goes to Michael and Erick, who provided me with nothing +but hollow words. Finally I got that configure and install working, but +it would have been so much better for them not just to complain, but also +help. As you showed me real egoism, you are the main reasons I am not +working one dot to make this library less than GPL, so that nobody ever +can make profit of my and others work without giving something back to me +and others. + +Speaking of hollow words, another hearty unthanks goes to Sam, who thought +he could let me work for him, not paying me in any way. @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ + autoconf'ed the whole package (including optional support for zlib, + pthreads and libjpeg as well as zrle/c++) moved appropriate files to contrib/ and examples/ respectively - fixed long standing cargs bug + fixed long standing cargs bug (Justin "Zippy" Dearing) Even better x11vnc from Karl J. Runge! (supports different kbd layouts of client/server) Better x11vnc from Karl J. Runge! @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Upcoming 0.5 release! + +The library just got autoconf && automake support as well as a real install +target! + +x11vnc was much improved thanks to Karl Runge! + +CursorPosUpdate encoding supported thanks to Const Kaplinsky! + +ZRLE encoding, if you have a c++ compiler! + +HTTP now optionally handles HTTP proxy functions to connect to the same +server only. + +Of course, a lot of bugs fixed since last release... @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ immediate: ---------- +autoconf also CARD8,CARD16,... x11vnc: clipboard, cursor extra_bytes in rfbDrawCharWithClip. tested mouse buttons make copy rect, but text is not marked as mod. |