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| author | Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-09-27 12:11:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-09-27 12:11:12 +0000 |
| commit | c6ac8e3d7c97603d19e151a4a132a03deda4ffc1 (patch) | |
| tree | d679cbc8ef81a225e70069e38e79fd5b30fcca39 /archivers/bzip | |
| parent | The readme file says, that it's important for i386 architecture, (diff) | |
cosmetic changes, make copyright more informative, add authors
contact address (from README)
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=3889
Diffstat (limited to 'archivers/bzip')
| -rw-r--r-- | archivers/bzip/files/COPYRIGHT | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | archivers/bzip/pkg-descr | 34 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/archivers/bzip/files/COPYRIGHT b/archivers/bzip/files/COPYRIGHT index 2b689b3d24f8..5f20d917c094 100644 --- a/archivers/bzip/files/COPYRIGHT +++ b/archivers/bzip/files/COPYRIGHT @@ -1,14 +1,21 @@ -COPYRIGHT: +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) 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. |