1 zlib 0.79 is a beta version of a general purpose compression library.
3 The data format used by the zlib library is described in the
4 file zlib-3.1.doc, deflate-1.1.doc and gzip-4.1.doc, available
5 in ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip/doc.
7 All functions of the compression library are documented in the file
8 zlib.h. A usage example of the library is given in the file example.c
9 which also tests that the library is working correctly.
10 To compile all files and run the test program, just type: make test
12 The changes made in version 0.79 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
13 The main changes since 0.71 are:
14 - add fast inflate (inffast.c)
15 - In gzio destroy(), don't reference a freed structure
17 On MSDOS, this version works in large and small model with MSC; in
18 small model only with TurboC (bug being investigated). For both
19 compilers, small model compression works only for small values of
20 MEM_LEVEL and WBITS (see zutil.h), and requires -DUSE_CALLOC.
23 Copyright (C) 1995 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
25 This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
26 warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
27 arising from the use of this software.
29 Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
30 including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
31 freely, subject to the following restrictions:
33 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
34 claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
35 in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
36 appreciated but is not required.
37 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
38 misrepresented as being the original software.
39 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
41 Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler
42 gzip@prep.ai.mit.edu madler@cco.caltech.edu
44 If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not*
45 receiving lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided
46 for free but without warranty of any kind. The library has been
47 entirely written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler; it does not
48 include third-party code.
50 If you redistribute modified sources, we would appreciate that you include
51 in the file ChangeLog history information documenting your changes.