-.TH ZLIB 3 "11 March 2010"
+.TH ZLIB 3 "7 July 2015"
.SH NAME
zlib \- compression/decompression library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IR zlib.h .
The distribution source includes examples of use of the library
in the files
-.I example.c
+.I test/example.c
and
-.IR minigzip.c,
+.IR test/minigzip.c,
as well as other examples in the
.IR examples/
directory.
written by A.M. Kuchling (amk@magnet.com),
is available in Python 1.5 and later versions:
.IP
-http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html
+http://docs.python.org/library/zlib.html
.LP
.I zlib
is built into
The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC
(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files:
.IP
-http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (for the zlib header and trailer format)
+http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (for the zlib header and trailer format)
.br
-http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt (for the deflate compressed data format)
+http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1951 (for the deflate compressed data format)
.br
-http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt (for the gzip header and trailer format)
+http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952 (for the gzip header and trailer format)
.LP
Mark Nelson wrote an article about
.I zlib
before asking for help.
Send questions and/or comments to zlib@gzip.org,
or (for the Windows DLL version) to Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com).
-.SH AUTHORS
-Version 1.2.4
-Copyright (C) 1995-2010 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org)
-and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu).
-.LP
-This software is provided "as-is,"
-without any express or implied warranty.
-In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+.SH AUTHORS AND LICENSE
+Version 1.2.8.1
+.LP
+Copyright (C) 1995-2015 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
+.LP
+This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.
-See the distribution directory with respect to requirements
-governing redistribution.
+.LP
+Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+.LP
+.nr step 1 1
+.IP \n[step]. 3
+The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+appreciated but is not required.
+.IP \n+[step].
+Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+misrepresented as being the original software.
+.IP \n+[step].
+This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+.LP
+Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler
+.br
+jloup@gzip.org madler@alumni.caltech.edu
+.LP
The deflate format used by
.I zlib
was defined by Phil Katz.