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some advantages over gzip concerning compression and memory consumption.
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GREETINGS!
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This is the README for BZIP, my block-sorting file compressor,
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version 0.21.
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BZIP is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2;
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for details, see the file LICENSE. Pointers to the algorithms used
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are in ALGORITHMS.
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COPYRIGHT:
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GNU PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, but see below !
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COMMERCIAL USE:
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This program may or may not infringe certain US patents
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pertaining to arithmetic coding and to the block-sorting
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transformation itself. Opinions differ as to the precise
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legal status of some of the algorithms used. Nevertheless,
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you should be aware that commercial use of this program
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could render you liable to unfriendly legal action.
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