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__________________________________________________________________________This is the Info-ZIP file COPYING (for UnZip), last updated 26 Nov 98.__________________________________________________________________________There are currently six explicit copyrights on portions of UnZipcode (at least, of which Info-ZIP is aware): the original Sam Smithcopyright on unzip 2.0, upon which Info-ZIP's UnZip 3.0 was based;Igor Mandrichenko's copyright on his routines in vms.c; Greg Roelofs'copyright on zipinfo.c and the new version of unshrink.c; Mike White'scopyright on the Windows DLL code (windll/*); Steve P. Miller'scopyright on the Pocket UnZip GUI (wince/*); and Norbert Pueschel'scopyright on the Amiga time.lib code. In addition, Mark Adler hasplaced inflate.h, inflate.c, explode.c and funzip.c into the publicdomain; i.e., these files may be used without any restrictions beyondthose of simple courtesy (credit where it's due). All of these arediscussed immediately below. The remaining code is covered by an im-plicit copyright under US law. Frequently Asked Questions regarding(re)distribution of Zip and UnZip are near the end of this file.There are no known patents on any of the code in UnZip. Unisysclaims a patent on LZW encoding and on LZW decoding _in an apparatusthat performs LZW encoding_, but the patent appears to exempt a stand-alone decoder (as in UnZip's unshrink.c). Unisys has publicly claimedotherwise, but the issue has never been tested in court. Since thispoint is unclear, unshrinking is not enabled by default. It is theresponsibility of the user to make his or her peace with Unisys andits licensing requirements. (unshrink.c may be removed from futurereleases altogether.)__________________________________________________________________________The original unzip source code has been extensively modified andalmost entirely rewritten (changes include random zipfile accessrather than sequential; replacement of unimplode() with explode();replacement of old unshrink() with new (unrelated) unshrink(); re-placement of output routines; addition of inflate(), wildcards,filename-mapping, text translation, ...; etc.). As far as we cantell, the only remaining code that is substantially similar toMr. Smith's is that in the file unreduce.c, which now by defaultis NOT compiled. The following copyright applies to unreduce.c:* Copyright 1989 Samuel H. Smith; All rights reserved** Do not distribute modified versions without my permission.* Do not remove or alter this notice or any other copyright notice.* If you use this in your own program you must distribute source code.* Do not use any of this in a commercial product.Regarding the first stipulation, Mr. Smith was tracked down in southernCalifornia some years back [Samuel H. Smith, The Tool Shop; as of mid-May 1994, (213) 851-9969 (voice), (213) 887-2127(?) (subscription BBS),71150.2731@compuserve.com]:"He says that he thought that whoever contacted him understood thathe has no objection to the Info-ZIP group's inclusion of his code.His primary concern is that it remain freely distributable, he said."Despite the fact that our "normal" code has been entirely rewrittenand by default no longer contains any of Mr. Smith's code, Info-ZIPremains indebted and grateful to him. We hope he finds our contribu-tions as useful as we have his.Note that the third and fourth stipulations still apply to any com-pany that wishes to incorporate the unreduce code into its products;if you wish to do so, you must contact Mr. Smith directly regardinglicensing.The following copyright applies to most of the VMS code in vms.c,distributed with UnZip version 4.2 and later:* Copyright (c) 1992 Igor Mandrichenko.* Permission is granted to any individual or institution to use,* copy, or redistribute this software so long as all of the orig-* inal files are included unmodified, that it is not sold for* profit, and that this copyright notice is retained.The following copyright applies to the new version of unshrink.c,distributed with UnZip version 5.2 and later:* Copyright (c) 1994 Greg Roelofs.* Permission is granted to any individual/institution/corporate* entity to use, copy, redistribute or modify this software for* any purpose whatsoever, subject to the conditions noted in the* Frequently Asked Questions section below, plus one additional* condition: namely, that my name not be removed from the source* code. (Other names may, of course, be added as modifications* are made.) Corporate legal staff (like at IBM :-) ) who have* problems understanding this can contact me through Zip-Bugs...The following copyright applies to the Windows DLL code (windll/*),distributed with UnZip version 5.2 and later:* Copyright (c) 1996 Mike White.* Permission is granted to any individual or institution to use,* copy, or redistribute this software so long as all of the original* files are included, that it is not sold for profit, and that this* copyright notice is retained.The following copyright applies to the Windows CE GUI port, ``PocketUnZip,'' distributed with UnZip version 5.3 and later:* All the source files for Pocket UnZip, except for components* written by the Info-ZIP group, are copyrighted 1997 by Steve P.* Miller. The product "Pocket UnZip" itself is property of the* author and cannot be altered in any way without written consent* from Steve P. Miller.The following copyright applies to the Amiga time code (amiga/time_lib.c),distributed with UnZip version 5.32 and later:* This source is copyrighted by Norbert Pueschel,* <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>.* From 'clockdaemon.readme' (available from Aminet, including* ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/util/time/clockdaemon.lha):* "The original SAS/C functions gmtime, localtime, mktime and time* do not work correctly. The supplied link library time.lib contains* replacement functions for them."* Permission is granted to the Info-ZIP group to redistribute the* time.lib source. The use of time.lib functions in own, noncommercial* programs is permitted. It is only required to add the timezone.doc* to such a distribution. Using the time.lib library in commercial* software (including shareware) is only permitted after prior* consultation of the author.The remaining code was written by many people associated with theInfo-ZIP group, with large contributions from (but not limited to):Greg Roelofs (overall program logic, ZipInfo, unshrink, filenamemapping/portability, etc.), Mark Adler (inflate, explode, funzip),Kai Uwe Rommel (OS/2), John Bush and Paul Kienitz (Amiga), AntoineVerheijen (Macintosh), Hunter Goatley (more VMS), Mike White (WindowsDLLs), Christian Spieler (overall logic, optimization, VMS, etc.) andothers. See the file CONTRIBS in the source distribution for a muchmore complete list of contributors. As noted above, Mark Adler'sinflate.[ch], explode.c and funzip.c are in the public domain, andeverything that isn't otherwise accounted for is implicitly copy-righted by Info-ZIP. In other words, use it with our blessings, butit's still our code. Thank you!--------------------------------------------------------------------------Frequently Asked Questions about distributing Zip and UnZip:Q. Can I distribute Zip and UnZip sources and/or executables?A. You may redistribute the latest official distributions withoutany modification, and without even asking us for permission.(Note that an "executable distribution" includes documentation,even if it's in a separate zipfile; plain executables do NOTcount.) You can charge for the cost of the media (CDROM, disk-ettes, etc.), the compilation (e.g., of a software archive),and a small copying fee. Distributed archives should followthe naming conventions used in the `WHERE' file. If you wantto distribute modified versions, please contact us atZip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu first. You must not distribute betaversions without explicit permission to do so.Q. Can I use the executables (or DLLs) of Zip and UnZip to distributemy software?A. Yes, so long as it is clear that Zip and UnZip are not beingsold, that the source code is freely available, and that thereare no extra or hidden charges resulting from its use by or in-clusion with the commercial product. Here is an example of asuitable notice:NOTE: <Product> is packaged on this CD using Info-ZIP'scompression utility. The installation program uses UnZipto read zip files from the CD. Info-ZIP's software (Zip,UnZip and related utilities) is free and can be obtainedas source code or executables from Internet/WWW sites,including http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ .If the distribution is being done with UnZipSFX instead of a DLLor stand-alone copy of UnZip (i.e., as one or more self-extractingarchives), no notice is required as long as the normal UnZipSFXbanner has not been removed.Q. Can I use the source code of Zip and UnZip in my commercialapplication?A. Yes, so long as you include in your product an acknowledgment; apointer to the original, free compression sources; and a statementmaking it clear that there are no extra or hidden charges resultingfrom the use of our compression code in your product (see below foran example). The acknowledgment should appear in at least one pieceof human-readable documentation (e.g., a README file or man page),although additionally putting it in the executable(s) is OK, too.In other words, you are allowed to sell only your own work, not ours,and we'd like a little credit. (Note the additional restrictionsabove on the code in unreduce.c, unshrink.c, vms.c, time_lib.c, andeverything in the wince and windll subdirectories.) Contact us atZip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu if you have special requirements. We alsolike to hear when our code is being used, but we don't require that.<Product> incorporates compression code from the Info-ZIP group.There are no extra charges or costs due to the use of this code,and the original compression sources are freely available fromhttp://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ or ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/on the Internet.If you only need compression capability, not full zipfile support,you might want to look at zlib instead; it has fewer restrictionson commercial use. See http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ .__________________________________________________________________________