Begin3 Title: zlib -- a general-purpose data compression library Version: 1.0.4 Entered-date: 24JUL96 Description: 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), 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. The compression algorithm used in zlib is essentially the same as that in gzip and Zip, namely, the `deflate' method. zlib is an integral part of libpng and has been tested extensively as part of many PNG-supporting applications. Upcoming versions of gzip and UnZip will also use zlib. Please note that zlib is *NOT* related to the Linux zlibc Compressing File System. Keywords: compression, library Author: zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov (Jean-loup Gailly) zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov (Mark Adler) http://quest.jpl.nasa.gov/zlib (zlib Homepage) Maintained-by: zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov (Jean-loup Gailly) zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov (Mark Adler) Primary-site: ftp://quest.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/zlib 86kB zlib-1.0.4.tar.gz Alternate-site: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs 86kB zlib-1.0.4.tar.gz Alternate-site: ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/libs 86kB zlib-1.0.4.tar.gz Copying-policy: Copyrighted but freely distributable End