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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH ZLIB 3 "15 Jan 2017" +.TH ZLIB 3 "28 Apr 2013" .SH NAME zlib \- compression/decompression library .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -48,10 +48,32 @@ Changes to this version are documented in the file that accompanies the source. .LP .I zlib -is built in to many languages and operating systems, including but not limited to -Java, Python, .NET, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Swift, and Go. +is available in Java using the java.util.zip package: +.IP +http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/compression/ +.LP +A Perl interface to +.IR zlib , +written by Paul Marquess (pmqs@cpan.org), +is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, +including: +.IP +http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Zlib/ +.LP +A Python interface to +.IR zlib , +written by A.M. Kuchling (amk@magnet.com), +is available in Python 1.5 and later versions: +.IP +http://docs.python.org/library/zlib.html +.LP +.I zlib +is built into +.IR tcl: +.IP +http://wiki.tcl.tk/4610 .LP -An experimental package to read and write files in the .zip format, +An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, written on top of .I zlib by Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com), @@ -70,9 +92,7 @@ web site can be found at: .IP http://zlib.net/ .LP -The data format used by the -.I zlib -library is described by RFC +The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files: .IP http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (for the zlib header and trailer format) @@ -104,35 +124,17 @@ http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html 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 AND LICENSE -Version 1.2.11 -.LP -Copyright (C) 1995-2017 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 +.SH AUTHORS +Version 1.2.8 +Copyright (C) 1995-2013 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 arising from the use of this software. -.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 +See the distribution directory with respect to requirements +governing redistribution. The deflate format used by .I zlib was defined by Phil Katz. |