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authorandreas <andreas@FreeBSD.org>1996-09-27 20:11:12 +0800
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+COPYRIGHT
+=========
- GNU PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, but see below !
+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:
-
- 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.
+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.
+ Julian Seward <sewardj@cs.man.ac.uk>
+ Manchester, UK
+ 18 July 1996 (version 0.15)
+ 25 August 1996 (version 0.21)