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author | andreas <andreas@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-09-27 20:11:12 +0800 |
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committer | andreas <andreas@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-09-27 20:11:12 +0800 |
commit | 3cb0c5839dd1d7845cdefde1352f85781c850649 (patch) | |
tree | 2e8886bf95d9bcd22796201e62a207c4fdeb2cae /archivers/bzip/pkg-descr | |
parent | 3ebcdfdcb151e34bb00f0f8e6ac3876b24b287ae (diff) | |
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cosmetic changes, make copyright more informative, add authors
contact address (from README)
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diff --git a/archivers/bzip/pkg-descr b/archivers/bzip/pkg-descr index e721e41d986f..c773207da1f6 100644 --- a/archivers/bzip/pkg-descr +++ b/archivers/bzip/pkg-descr @@ -1,22 +1,20 @@ -GREETINGS! +Bzip compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler-Fenwick +block-sorting text compression algorithm. - This is the README for BZIP, my block-sorting file compressor, - version 0.21. +Compression is generally considerably better than that achieved by +more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and competitive with +all but the best of the PPM family of statistical compressors. - 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. +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. +COMMERCIAL USE +============== -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. +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. |