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@@ -1,41 +1,16 @@ -Changes in version 1.6: +Changes in version 1.7: -Compression ratio of option -9 has been slightly increased. +The fast encoder, which produces a compression speed and ratio +comparable to those of gzip, has been ported from lzip. -The configure script now accepts the option "--disable-static". +The option "-0" has been ported from lzip to minilzip. -Improved portability to BSD systems: +If all the data to be compressed are written in advance, lzlib will +automatically adjust the header of the compressed data to use the +smallest possible dictionary size. This feature reduces the amount of +memory needed for decompression and allows minilzip to produce identical +compressed output as lzip. - The configure script now accepts the option "--disable-ldconfig". - - "make install" now ignores any errors from ldconfig. - -Minilzip now copies file dates, permissions, and ownership like "cp -p". -(If the user ID or the group ID can't be duplicated, the file permission -bits S_ISUID and S_ISGID are cleared). - -"lzlib.texinfo" has been renamed to "lzlib.texi". - -The license has been changed to "GPL version 2 or later with link -exception". - - ----- - -Rationale for the license change. - -I have recently been shocked to know that it is apparently not legal to -use lzlib in GPLv2 programs. Linking those programs with lzlib violates -the GPLv2. But linking proprietary programs with lzlib is fine and legal! - -This problem is not caused by any fault in lzlib's link exception; the -LGPLv3 has the same problem. See for example -http://nmav.gnutls.org/2013/03/the-perils-of-lgplv3.html - -Of course it was never my intention to prevent GPLv2 programs from using -lzlib. I'm sorry for any inconveniences my oversight may have caused to -distributions, GPLv2 software projects, and users in general. - -I am also ashamed of having participated in this schism of the GPL -community. The mere proliferation of different free software licenses is -a burden in and of itself. From now on I'll license all my projects and -contributions in a way compatible with the GPLv2. +The targets "install-compress", "install-strip-compress", +"install-info-compress" and "install-man-compress" have been added to +the Makefile. |