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@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Cactus Code Thorn zlib +Author(s) : Erik Schnetter +Maintainer(s): Cactus team +Licence : ? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1. Purpose + +Distribute the zlib library; see <http://www.zlib.net/> + + + +From the web site: + +A Massively Spiffy Yet Delicately Unobtrusive Compression Library +(Also Free, Not to Mention Unencumbered by Patents) + +zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered +-- that is, not covered by any patents -- lossless data-compression +library for use on virtually any computer hardware and operating +system. The zlib data format is itself portable across platforms. +Unlike the LZW compression method used in Unix compress(1) and in the +GIF image format, the compression method currently used in zlib +essentially never expands the data. (LZW can double or triple the file +size in extreme cases.) zlib's memory footprint is also independent of +the input data and can be reduced, if necessary, at some cost in +compression. A more precise, technical discussion of both points is +available on another page. |