“The gPhoto project members announce the release of gPhoto
0.4.1, the GNU digital camera application on November 20, 1999,
about 1 year after the project was initially launched.”
“gPhoto is a digital camera software application for free
Unix-like systems such as Debian GNU/Linux and RedHat Linux,
written by Scott Fritzinger — with assistance from developers
around the world. It is freely available and distributed on the
terms of the GNU General Public License. The GNU GPL is intended to
guarantee freedom to share and change gPhoto–to make sure it is
free for all its users.”
“gPhoto 0.4.1 ships with 16 different camera libraries and
supports 90+ different digital still camera models, from Agfa,
Apple, Canon, Casio, Chinon, Epson, Fuji, Hewlett Packard, Kodak,
Konica, Minolta, Mustek, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Philips,
Polaroid, Ricoh, Sanyo, and Sony.”