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+Here are third party libraries with necessary components for Aseprite.
+Some directories are git submodules, and other are just a copy of its
+original package.
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-Here are third-party libraries from other people with necessary
-componentes for ASE only, I removed some unnecessary files.
-
-gfli/
-
-  Routines to load/save FLI/FLC files.  This is a shortened and
-  modified version of gfli 1.3 (I fix some bugs with color chunks),
-  you can get the entire package from:
-
-    http://www.gimp.org/        (search in the plug-ins)
-
-jpeg/
-
-  Routines to load/save JPEG files.  This is a shortened version of
-  jpeg 6b, you can get the entire package from:
-
-    http://www.ijg.org/
-
-libart_lgpl/
-
-  Routines to handle paths.  This is a shortened version of libart
-  2.3.3, you can get the entire package from:
-
-    http://www.levien.com/libart/
-
-libgd/
-
-  Routines to manage images.  This is a shortened version of libgd
-  2.0.35, you can get the entire package from:
-
-    http://www.libgd.org/
-
-libpng/
-
-  Routines to load/save PNG files.  This is a shortened version of
-  libpng 1.2.20, you can get the entire package from:
-
-    http://www.libpng.org/
-
-lua/
-
-  Routines to do scripting. This is a shortened and modified version
-  of lua 5.0, you can get the entire package from:
-
-    http://www.lua.org/
-
-  Also, this version has a patch to make the operator != works like ~=
-
-zlib/
-
-  Used by libpng. This is a shortened version of zlib 1.2.3.
-
-    http://www.zlib.net/
-
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-                                                      David A. Capello