GREETINGS!

   This is the README for BZIP, my block-sorting file compressor,
   version 0.21.  

   BZIP is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2;
   for details, see the file LICENSE.  Pointers to the algorithms used
   are in ALGORITHMS. 


COPYRIGHT:

	GNU PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, but see below !

COMMERCIAL USE:

   This program may or may not infringe certain US patents
   pertaining to arithmetic coding and to the block-sorting
   transformation itself.  Opinions differ as to the precise
   legal status of some of the algorithms used.  Nevertheless,
   you should be aware that commercial use of this program
   could render you liable to unfriendly legal action.