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@@ -6,17 +6,20 @@ gzip or bzip2. Pdlzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip and compresses
better than bzip2, which makes it well suited for software distribution
and data archiving.
+Pdlzip uses the lzip file format; the files produced by pdlzip are
+(hope)fully compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer. Pdlzip is in fact a
+"public domain" version of the lzip data compressor, intended for those
+who can't distribute GPL licensed Free Software.
+
Pdlzip is also able to decompress legacy lzma-alone (.lzma) files.
-Pdlzip is a "public domain" version of the lzip data compressor,
-intended for those who can't distribute GPL licensed Free Software.
Pdlzip is written in C.
-Pdlzip uses public domain compression code from the LZMA SDK written by
-Igor Pavlov.
+Pdlzip includes public domain compression code from the LZMA SDK written
+by Igor Pavlov.
-Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
distribute and modify it.