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Title:          zlib -- a general-purpose data compression library
Version:        1.0.4
Entered-date:   24JUL96
Description:    zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally
                unencumbered -- that is, not covered by any patents -- lossless
                data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
                hardware and operating system.  The zlib data format is itself
                portable across platforms.  Unlike the LZW compression method
                used in Unix compress(1), the compression method currently used
                in zlib essentially never expands the data.  (LZW can double or
                triple the file size in extreme cases.)  zlib's memory footprint
                is also independent of the input data and can be reduced, if
                necessary, at some cost in compression.
                The compression algorithm used in zlib is essentially the same
                as that in gzip and Zip, namely, the `deflate' method.
                zlib is an integral part of libpng and has been tested
                extensively as part of many PNG-supporting applications.
                Upcoming versions of gzip and UnZip will also use zlib.
                Please note that zlib is *NOT* related to the Linux zlibc
                Compressing File System.
Keywords:       compression, library
Author:         zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov (Jean-loup Gailly)
                zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov (Mark Adler)
                http://quest.jpl.nasa.gov/zlib (zlib Homepage)
Maintained-by:  zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov (Jean-loup Gailly)
                zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov (Mark Adler)
Primary-site:   ftp://quest.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/zlib
                86kB zlib-1.0.4.tar.gz
Alternate-site: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs
                86kB zlib-1.0.4.tar.gz
Alternate-site: ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/libs
                86kB zlib-1.0.4.tar.gz
Copying-policy: Copyrighted but freely distributable
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