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+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)