Adding upstream version 1.16.upstream/1.16

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 294142b..356c5e9 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description
 Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the
 one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip is about as fast as gzip, compresses most
 files more than bzip2, and is better than both from a data recovery
-perspective. Lzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA algorithm.
+perspective. Lzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA "algorithm".
 
 The lzip file format is designed for long-term data archiving, taking
 into account both data integrity and decoder availability:
@@ -24,9 +24,15 @@ into account both data integrity and decoder availability:
    * Additionally lzip is copylefted, which guarantees that it will
      remain free forever.
 
+A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to
+repair the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with
+the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a
+corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.
+
 Lzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by bzip2, which
 makes it safer than compressors returning ambiguous warning values (like
-gzip) when it is used as a back end for tar or zutils.
+gzip) when it is used as a back end for other programs like tar or
+zutils.
 
 Lzip will automatically use the smallest possible dictionary size for
 each file without exceeding the given limit. Keep in mind that the
@@ -95,8 +101,7 @@ range encoding), Igor Pavlov (for putting all the above together in
 LZMA), and Julian Seward (for bzip2's CLI).
 
 
-Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
-Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 
 This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
 distribute and modify it.