Introduction:
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This file is a part of bsc and/or libbsc, a program and a library for
lossless, block-sorting data compression.

bsc is a high performance file compressor based on lossless,
block-sorting data compression algorithms.

libbsc is a library based on bsc, it uses the same algorithms
as bsc and enables you to compress memory blocks.

Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Ilya Grebnov <ilya.grebnov@libbsc.com>

See the bsc and libbsc web site:
  http://libbsc.com/ for more information.


Sort Transform:
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Sort Transform is patented by Michael Schindler under US patent 6,199,064.
However for research purposes this algorithm is included in this software.
So if you are of the type who should worry about this (making money) worry away.
The author shall have no liability with respect to the infringement of
copyrights, trade secrets or any patents by this software. In no event will
the author be liable for any lost revenue or profits or other special,
indirect and consequential damages.

Sort Transform is disabled by default and can be enabled by defining the
preprocessor macro LIBBSC_SORT_TRANSFORM_SUPPORT at compile time.


Software License:
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The bsc and libbsc is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.

The bsc and libbsc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with the bsc and libbsc. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Please see the files COPYING and COPYING.LIB for full copyright information.
