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1ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY
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1ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY
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3zlib 1.2.11 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is
3zlib 1.2.12 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is
4thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs
5(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
6http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (zlib format), rfc1951 (deflate format) and
7rfc1952 (gzip format).
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9All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h
10(volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip.org). A usage example
11of the library is given in the file test/example.c which also tests that

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26version and check whether the problem still exists or not.
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28PLEASE read the zlib FAQ http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html before asking for help.
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30Mark Nelson <markn@ieee.org> wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997
31issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available at
32http://marknelson.us/1997/01/01/zlib-engine/ .
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4thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs
5(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
6http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (zlib format), rfc1951 (deflate format) and
7rfc1952 (gzip format).
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9All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h
10(volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip.org). A usage example
11of the library is given in the file test/example.c which also tests that

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26version and check whether the problem still exists or not.
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28PLEASE read the zlib FAQ http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html before asking for help.
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30Mark Nelson <markn@ieee.org> wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997
31issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available at
32http://marknelson.us/1997/01/01/zlib-engine/ .
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34The changes made in version 1.2.11 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
34The changes made in version 1.2.12 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
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36Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory contrib/ .
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38zlib is available in Java using the java.util.zip package, documented at
39http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/compression/ .
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41A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org> is available
42at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, including

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80 The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate and
81 zlib specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
82 people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib; they
83 are too numerous to cite here.
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85Copyright notice:
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36Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory contrib/ .
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38zlib is available in Java using the java.util.zip package, documented at
39http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/compression/ .
40
41A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org> is available
42at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, including

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80 The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate and
81 zlib specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
82 people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib; they
83 are too numerous to cite here.
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85Copyright notice:
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87 (C) 1995-2017 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
87 (C) 1995-2022 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
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89 This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
90 warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
91 arising from the use of this software.
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93 Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
94 including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
95 freely, subject to the following restrictions:

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103 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
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105 Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler
106 jloup@gzip.org madler@alumni.caltech.edu
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108If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not* receiving
109lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided for free but without
110warranty of any kind. The library has been entirely written by Jean-loup
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89 This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
90 warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
91 arising from the use of this software.
92
93 Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
94 including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
95 freely, subject to the following restrictions:

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103 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
104
105 Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler
106 jloup@gzip.org madler@alumni.caltech.edu
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108If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not* receiving
109lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided for free but without
110warranty of any kind. The library has been entirely written by Jean-loup
111Gailly and Mark Adler; it does not include third-party code.
111Gailly and Mark Adler; it does not include third-party code. We make all
112contributions to and distributions of this project solely in our personal
113capacity, and are not conveying any rights to any intellectual property of
114any third parties.
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113If you redistribute modified sources, we would appreciate that you include in
114the file ChangeLog history information documenting your changes. Please read
115the FAQ for more information on the distribution of modified source versions.
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116If you redistribute modified sources, we would appreciate that you include in
117the file ChangeLog history information documenting your changes. Please read
118the FAQ for more information on the distribution of modified source versions.