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- This is the Info-ZIP file COPYING (for UnZip), last updated 6 Feb 94.
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- There are currently two explicit copyrights on portions of UnZip
- code (at least, of which Info-ZIP is aware): the original Sam Smith
- copyright on unzip 2.0, upon which Info-ZIP's UnZip 3.0 was based;
- and Igor Mandrichenko's copyright on his routines in vms.c. These
- are discussed immediately below; the Frequently Asked Questions re-
- garding (re)distribution of Zip and UnZip are near the end of this
- file.
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- The original unzip source code has been extensively modified and
- mostly rewritten (changes include random zipfile access rather than
- sequential; replacement of unimplode() with explode(); replacement
- of output routines; addition of inflate(), wildcards, filename-
- mapping, text translation, ...; etc.). As far as we can tell, the
- only remaining code which is substantially similar to Mr. Smith's
- is that in the files unreduce.c and unshrink.c (although even those
- have been modified), to which the following copyright therefore
- applies:
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- * 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.
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- Regarding the first stipulation, Mr. Smith was finally tracked down
- in southern California [Samuel H. Smith, The Tool Shop, P.O. Box 8808,
- Panorama City, CA 91412-4808, (818) 891-4228 (voice), (818) 891-6780
- (BBS, 2400 baud, free access)]:
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- "He says that he thought that whoever contacted him understood that
- he has no objection to the Info-ZIP group's inclusion of his code.
- His primary concern is that it remain freely distributable, he said."
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- Info-ZIP is indebted and grateful to Mr. Smith; we hope he finds our
- contributions as useful as we have his.
-
- Note that the third and fourth stipulations still apply to any com-
- pany which wishes to incorporate the unreduce and/or unshrink code
- into its products; if you wish to do so, you must contact Mr. Smith
- regarding licensing.
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- The following copyright applies to most of the VMS code in vms.c,
- distributed with UnZip versions 4.2 and later:
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- * 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.
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- Note that BILF (distributed with the VMS stuff) is not Info-ZIP code;
- it is copyrighted by Rahul Dhesi and is freely distributable.
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- The remaining code was written by many people associated with the
- Info-ZIP group, with large contributions from (but not limited to):
- Mark Adler (inflate, explode, funzip), Kai Uwe Rommel (OS/2), John
- Bush and Paul Kienitz (Amiga), Antoine Verheijen (Mac) and Greg
- Roelofs (lots of stuff). See the file CONTRIBS in the source dis-
- tribution for a much more complete list of contributors. Also note
- that, while this code may not be explicitly copyrighted, we do re-
- quest that no one else try to copyright it, either. In other words,
- use it with our blessings, but it's still our code. (You can con-
- sider that an implicit copyright if it makes you feel better. :-) )
- Thank you!
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- Frequently Asked Questions about distributing Zip and UnZip:
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- Q. Can I distribute Zip and UnZip sources and/or executables?
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- A. You may redistribute the latest official distributions without
- any 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 NOT
- count.] You can charge for the cost of the media (CDROM, disk-
- ettes, etc.) and a small copying fee. Distributed archives
- should follow the naming conventions used in the Where file.
- If you want to distribute modified versions please contact us
- at zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu first. You must not distribute beta
- versions without explicit permission to do so.
-
-
- Q. Can I use the executables of Zip and UnZip to distribute my
- software?
-
- A. Yes, so long as it is clear that Zip and UnZip are not being
- sold, that the source code is freely available, and that there
- are no extra or hidden charges resulting from its use by or in-
- clusion with the commercial product. Here is an example of a
- suitable notice:
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- NOTE: <Product> is packaged on this CD using Info-ZIP's
- compression utility. The installation program uses UnZip
- to read zip files from the CD. Info-ZIP's software (Zip,
- UnZip and related utilities) is free and can be obtained
- as source code or executables from various bulletin board
- services and anonymous-ftp sites, including CompuServe's
- IBMPRO forum and ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip/*.
-
-
- Q. Can I use the source code of Zip and UnZip in my commercial
- application?
-
- A. Yes, so long as you include in your product an acknowledgment
- and an offer of the original compression sources for free or
- for a small copying fee, and make clear that there are no extra
- or hidden charges resulting from the use of the compression
- code by your product. In other words, you are allowed to sell
- only your own work, not ours. [Note the additional restrictions
- above on the code in unreduce.c, unshrink.c and vms.c.] If you
- have special requirements, contact us at zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu.
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