The original authors of Gnuplot are Thomas Williams and Colin Kelley, with additions by Russell Lang, Dave Kotz, John Campbell, Gershon Elber, Alexander Woo, and many others. None are responsible for SGI additions and modifications to gnuplot. The gnuplot home page can be found here.
The original distribution of Gnuplot 3.5 is subject to the following Copyright:
Copyright (C) 1986 - 1993 Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley Permission to use, copy, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right to distribute the modified code. Modifications are to be distributed as patches to released version. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
All of the subsystems for this product can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.
The environment variable GNUTERM specifies the default type of output device; gnuplot defaults to X11, which is adequate for most interactive uses.
This software is compatible with IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.1.
The Gnuplot manual documents this package in detail. Additionally, the gnuplot manual page can be read by typing "man gnuplot".
A document describing how to use Gnuplot with LaTeX can be found here.
The USENET news group comp.graphics.gnuplot covers this program.
A list of frequently asked questions about gnuplot, with answers, is maintained.
A static version of the list, perhaps a little out of date, is included
with this distribution.