pkgsrc/archivers/szip/DESCR
bacon 88d2b2d2a6 archivers/szip: Add suggestion to DESCR to use libaec instead
libaec is BSD licensed while szip is not redistributable
2019-05-01 22:11:12 +00:00

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SZIP implements an extended Rice adaptive lossless compression algorithm
for sample data. The primary algorithm was developed by R. F. Rice at
Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
SZIP is not redistributable. Consider using archivers/libaec, a BSD-licensed
drop-in replacement, instead.