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+FAQ
+---
+
+#### What's the license?
+
+These libraries are in the public domain (or the equivalent where that is not
+possible). You can do anything you want with them. You have no legal obligation
+to do anything else, although I appreciate attribution.
+
+#### <a name="other_libs"></a> Are there other single-file public-domain/open source libraries with minimal dependencies out there?
+
+[Yes.](https://github.com/nothings/single_file_libs)
+
+#### If I wrap an stb library in a new library, does the new library have to be public domain?
+
+No.
+
+#### Some of these libraries seem redundant to existing open source libraries. Are they better somehow?
+
+Generally they're only better in that they're easier to integrate,
+easier to use, and easier to release (single file; good API; no
+attribution requirement). They may be less featureful, slower,
+and/or use more memory. If you're already using an equivalent
+library, there's probably no good reason to switch.
+
+###### Can I link directly to the table of stb libraries?
+
+You can use [this URL](https://github.com/nothings/stb#stb_libs) to link directly to that list.
+
+#### Why do you list "lines of code"? It's a terrible metric.
+
+Just to give you some idea of the internal complexity of the library,
+to help you manage your expectations, or to let you know what you're
+getting into. While not all the libraries are written in the same
+style, they're certainly similar styles, and so comparisons between
+the libraries are probably still meaningful.
+
+Note though that the lines do include both the implementation, the
+part that corresponds to a header file, and the documentation.
+
+#### Why single-file headers?
+
+Windows doesn't have standard directories where libraries
+live. That makes deploying libraries in Windows a lot more
+painful than open source developers on Unix-derivates generally
+realize. (It also makes library dependencies a lot worse in Windows.)
+
+There's also a common problem in Windows where a library was built
+against a different version of the runtime library, which causes
+link conflicts and confusion. Shipping the libs as headers means
+you normally just compile them straight into your project without
+making libraries, thus sidestepping that problem.
+
+Making them a single file makes it very easy to just
+drop them into a project that needs them. (Of course you can
+still put them in a proper shared library tree if you want.)
+
+Why not two files, one a header and one an implementation?
+The difference between 10 files and 9 files is not a big deal,
+but the difference between 2 files and 1 file is a big deal.
+You don't need to zip or tar the files up, you don't have to
+remember to attach *two* files, etc.
+
+#### Why "stb"? Is this something to do with Set-Top Boxes?
+
+No, they are just the initials for my name, Sean T. Barrett.
+This was not chosen out of egomania, but as a moderately sane
+way of namespacing the filenames and source function names.
+
+#### Will you add more image types to stb_image.h?
+
+If people submit them, I generally add them, but the goal of stb_image
+is less for applications like image viewer apps (which need to support
+every type of image under the sun) and more for things like games which
+can choose what images to use, so I may decline to add them if they're
+too rare or if the size of implementation vs. apparent benefit is too low.
+
+#### Do you have any advice on how to create my own single-file library?
+
+Yes. https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/docs/stb_howto.txt
+
+#### Why public domain?
+
+I prefer it over GPL, LGPL, BSD, zlib, etc. for many reasons.
+Some of them are listed here:
+https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/docs/why_public_domain.md
+
+#### Why C?
+
+Primarily, because I use C, not C++. But it does also make it easier
+for other people to use them from other languages.
+
+#### Why not C99? stdint.h, declare-anywhere, etc.
+
+I still use MSVC 6 (1998) as my IDE because it has better human factors
+for me than later versions of MSVC.
+
+
+
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