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diff --git a/archival/bz/README b/archival/bz/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ef06d67da --- /dev/null +++ b/archival/bz/README @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +This file is an abridged version of README from bizp2 1.0.4 +Build instructions (which are not relevant to busyboxed bzip2) +are removed. +=========================================================== + + +This is the README for bzip2/libzip2. +This version is fully compatible with the previous public releases. + +------------------------------------------------------------------ +This file is part of bzip2/libbzip2, a program and library for +lossless, block-sorting data compression. + +bzip2/libbzip2 version 1.0.4 of 20 December 2006 +Copyright (C) 1996-2006 Julian Seward <jseward@bzip.org> + +Please read the WARNING, DISCLAIMER and PATENTS sections in this file. + +This program is released under the terms of the license contained +in the file LICENSE. +------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Please read and be aware of the following: + + +WARNING: + + This program and library (attempts to) compress data by + performing several non-trivial transformations on it. + Unless you are 100% familiar with *all* the algorithms + contained herein, and with the consequences of modifying them, + you should NOT meddle with the compression or decompression + machinery. Incorrect changes can and very likely *will* + lead to disastrous loss of data. + + +DISCLAIMER: + + I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA ARISING FROM THE + USE OF THIS PROGRAM/LIBRARY, HOWSOEVER CAUSED. + + Every compression of a file implies an assumption that the + compressed file can be decompressed to reproduce the original. + Great efforts in design, coding and testing have been made to + ensure that this program works correctly. However, the complexity + of the algorithms, and, in particular, the presence of various + special cases in the code which occur with very low but non-zero + probability make it impossible to rule out the possibility of bugs + remaining in the program. DO NOT COMPRESS ANY DATA WITH THIS + PROGRAM UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE POSSIBILITY, HOWEVER + SMALL, THAT THE DATA WILL NOT BE RECOVERABLE. + + That is not to say this program is inherently unreliable. + Indeed, I very much hope the opposite is true. bzip2/libbzip2 + has been carefully constructed and extensively tested. + + +PATENTS: + + To the best of my knowledge, bzip2/libbzip2 does not use any + patented algorithms. However, I do not have the resources + to carry out a patent search. Therefore I cannot give any + guarantee of the above statement. + + +I hope you find bzip2 useful. Feel free to contact me at + jseward@bzip.org +if you have any suggestions or queries. Many people mailed me with +comments, suggestions and patches after the releases of bzip-0.15, +bzip-0.21, and bzip2 versions 0.1pl2, 0.9.0, 0.9.5, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, +1.0.2 and 1.0.3, and the changes in bzip2 are largely a result of this +feedback. I thank you for your comments. + +bzip2's "home" is http://www.bzip.org/ + +Julian Seward +jseward@bzip.org +Cambridge, UK. + +18 July 1996 (version 0.15) +25 August 1996 (version 0.21) + 7 August 1997 (bzip2, version 0.1) +29 August 1997 (bzip2, version 0.1pl2) +23 August 1998 (bzip2, version 0.9.0) + 8 June 1999 (bzip2, version 0.9.5) + 4 Sept 1999 (bzip2, version 0.9.5d) + 5 May 2000 (bzip2, version 1.0pre8) +30 December 2001 (bzip2, version 1.0.2pre1) +15 February 2005 (bzip2, version 1.0.3) +20 December 2006 (bzip2, version 1.0.4) |