This is the LGPL'd component of libart. All functions needed for running the Gnome canvas, and for printing support, will be going in here. The GPL'd component will be getting various enhanced functions for specific applications. Libart is free software. It is also for sale. For information about licensing libart, please contact Raph Levien . Contributions to the codebase are also very welcome, but the copyright must be assigned in writing to preserve the licensing flexibility. For more information about libart, see the web page: http://www.levien.com/libart/ There's also a libart tutorial available at http://www.gnome.org/~mathieu/libart/libart.html ====================================================================== NOTE: The TDE project has taken over maintenance of this library, starting with the sources from the final upstream release v2.3.21. This allows the TDE project to resolve remaining issues that cause problems or crashes within TDE. This patched library is only available under the terms of the GPL/LGPL, and is NOT for sale by the original author as mentioned above, as patch copyright has NOT been transferred to the original author and we have no plans to do so. ======================================================================