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authorAndreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org>1996-09-27 11:47:06 +0000
committerAndreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org>1996-09-27 11:47:06 +0000
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imported new port of bpatch 0.21, a compression program, that seems to have
some advantages over gzip concerning compression and memory consumption.
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+GREETINGS!
+
+ This is the README for BZIP, my block-sorting file compressor,
+ version 0.21.
+
+ BZIP is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2;
+ for details, see the file LICENSE. Pointers to the algorithms used
+ are in ALGORITHMS.
+
+
+COPYRIGHT:
+
+ GNU PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, but see below !
+
+COMMERCIAL USE:
+
+ This program may or may not infringe certain US patents
+ pertaining to arithmetic coding and to the block-sorting
+ transformation itself. Opinions differ as to the precise
+ legal status of some of the algorithms used. Nevertheless,
+ you should be aware that commercial use of this program
+ could render you liable to unfriendly legal action.