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Pillow is the "friendly" PIL fork. PIL is the Python Imaging Library. Pillow was
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started for and is currently maintained by the Plone community. But it is used by
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many other folks in the Python web community, and probably elsewhere too.
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The fork author's goal is to foster packaging improvements via:
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- Publicized development and solicitation of community support.
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- Exploration of packaging problems within the fork, most noticably
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via adding setuptools support but also via clean up & refactoring
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PIL is currently not setuptools compatible. Please see
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http://mail.python.org/pipermail/image-sig/2010-August/006480.html for a
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more detailed explanation. Also, PIL's current release/maintenance schedule
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is not compatible with the various & frequent packaging issues that have
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What about image code bugs?
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Please report any non-packaging related issues here first:
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- https://bitbucket.org/effbot/pil-2009-raclette/issues
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Then open a ticket here:
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- https://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow/issues
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and provide a link to the first ticket so we can track the issue(s) upstream.
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This project does not aim to fix image code bugs, but if we can track them
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properly we may consider it. (And the image code could potentially be wholesale
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replaced when the next PIL release comes out.)
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The API documentation included with PIL has been converted (from HTML) to
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reStructured text (via pandoc) and is now `hosted by readthedocs.org`_.
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.. _`hosted by readthedocs.org`: http://pillow.readthedocs.org
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What follows is the original PIL README.
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Python Imaging Library
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The Python Imaging Library (PIL) adds image processing capabilities
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to your Python environment. This library provides extensive file
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format support, an efficient internal representation, and powerful
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image processing capabilities.
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This source kit has been built and tested with Python 2.0 and newer,
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on Windows, Mac OS X, and major Unix platforms. Large parts of the
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library also work on 1.5.2 and 1.6.
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The main distribution site for this software is:
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http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
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That site also contains information about free and commercial support
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options, PIL add-ons, answers to frequently asked questions, and more.
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Development versions (alphas, betas) are available here:
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http://effbot.org/downloads/
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The PIL handbook is not included in this distribution; to get the
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latest version, check:
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http://www.pythonware.com/library/
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For installation and licensing details, see below.
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Secret Labs (PythonWare) offers support contracts for companies using
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the Python Imaging Library in commercial applications, and in mission-
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critical environments. The support contract includes technical support,
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bug fixes, extensions to the PIL library, sample applications, and more.
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For the full story, check:
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http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/support.htm
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For support and general questions on the Python Imaging Library, send
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e-mail to the Image SIG mailing list:
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You can join the Image SIG by sending a mail to:
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image-sig-request@python.org
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Put "subscribe" in the message body to automatically subscribe to the
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list, or "help" to get additional information. Alternatively, you can
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send your questions to the Python mailing list, python-list@python.org,
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or post them to the newsgroup comp.lang.python. DO NOT SEND SUPPORT
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QUESTIONS TO PYTHONWARE ADDRESSES.
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The Python Imaging Library is
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Copyright (c) 1997-2009 by Secret Labs AB
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Copyright (c) 1995-2009 by Fredrik Lundh
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By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or its
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associated documentation, you agree that you have read, understood,
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and will comply with the following terms and conditions:
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Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
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associated documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
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granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all
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copies, and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
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appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of Secret Labs
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AB or the author not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
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distribution of the software without specific, written prior
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SECRET LABS AB AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO
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THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
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FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL SECRET LABS AB OR THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
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ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
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WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
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OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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