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- About TigerVNC
- ==============
-
- Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which allows you to
- view and interact with a virtual desktop environment that is running on another
- computer on the network. Using VNC, you can run graphical applications on a
- remote machine and send only the display from these applications to your local
- machine. VNC is platform-independent and supports a wide variety of operating
- systems and architectures as both servers and clients.
-
- TigerVNC is a high-speed version of VNC based on the RealVNC 4 and X.org code
- bases. TigerVNC started as a next-generation development effort for TightVNC
- on Unix and Linux platforms, but it split from its parent project in early 2009
- so that TightVNC could focus on Windows platforms. TigerVNC supports a variant
- of Tight encoding that is greatly accelerated by the use of the libjpeg-turbo
- JPEG codec.
-
-
- Legal
- =====
-
- Incomplete and generally out of date copyright list::
-
- Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
- Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
- Copyright (C) 2000-2006 TightVNC Group
- Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Martin Koegler
- Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Copyright (C) 2006 OCCAM Financial Technology
- Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Constantin Kaplinsky
- Copyright (C) 2004-2017 Peter Astrand for Cendio AB
- Copyright (C) 2010 Antoine Martin
- Copyright (C) 2010 m-privacy GmbH
- Copyright (C) 2009-2011 D. R. Commander
- Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Pierre Ossman for Cendio AB
- Copyright (C) 2004, 2009-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
- Copyright (C) 2009-2023 TigerVNC Team
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- This software is distributed under the GNU General Public Licence as published
- by the Free Software Foundation. See the file LICENCE.TXT for the conditions
- under which this software is made available. TigerVNC also contains code from
- other sources. See the Acknowledgements section below, and the individual
- source files, for details of the conditions under which they are made
- available.
-
-
- All Platforms
- =============
-
- All versions of TigerVNC contain the following programs:
-
- * vncviewer - the cross-platform TigerVNC Viewer, written using FLTK.
- vncviewer connects to a VNC server and allows you to interact
- with the remote desktop being displayed by the VNC server. The
- VNC server can be running on a Windows or a Unix/Linux machine.
-
-
- Windows-Specific
- ================
-
- The Windows version of TigerVNC contains the following programs:
-
- * winvnc - the TigerVNC Server for Windows. winvnc allows a Windows desktop to
- be accessed remotely using a VNC viewer.
-
- WARNING: winvnc is currently unmaintained and and may not function correctly.
-
- winvnc may not work if the Fast User Switching or Remote Desktop features are
- in use.
-
-
- Unix/Linux-Specific (not Mac)
- =============================
-
- The Unix/Linux version of TigerVNC contains the following programs:
-
- * Xvnc - the TigerVNC Server for Unix. Xvnc is both a VNC server and an X
- server with a "virtual" framebuffer. You should normally use the
- vncserver service to start Xvnc.
-
- * vncpasswd - a program which allows you to change the VNC password used to
- access your VNC server sessions (assuming that VNC authentication
- is being used.) This command must be run to set a password before
- using VNC authentication with any of the servers or services.
-
- * vncconfig - a program which is used to configure and control a running
- instance of Xvnc.
-
- * x0vncserver - an inefficient VNC server which continuously polls any X
- display, allowing it to be controlled via VNC. It is intended
- mainly as a demonstration of a simple VNC server.
-
- It also contains the following systemd service:
-
- * vncserver@.service - a service to start a user session with Xvnc and one of
- the desktop environments available on the system.
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ================
-
- This distribution contains public domain DES software by Richard Outerbridge.
- This is:
-
- Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990,1991,1992 by Richard Outerbridge.
- (GEnie : OUTER; CIS : [71755,204]) Graven Imagery, 1992.
-
-
- This distribution contains software from the X Window System. This is:
-
- Copyright 1987, 1988, 1998 The Open Group
-
- Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
- documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
- the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
- copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
- documentation.
-
- The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- OPEN GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
- AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
- Except as contained in this notice, the name of The Open Group shall not be
- used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings
- in this Software without prior written authorization from The Open Group.
-
-
- Copyright 1987, 1988 by Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts.
-
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
- documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
- provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
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- supporting documentation, and that the name of Digital not be
- used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
- software without specific, written prior permission.
-
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- DIGITAL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
- ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
- WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION,
- ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS
- SOFTWARE.
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