From d4d7f315c7101cc999e110ac5433ce326849eb17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 15:46:33 +0100 Subject: Merging upstream version 1.4~rc1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- README | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 7841983..80aab86 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3