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diff --git a/licenses/szip b/licenses/szip new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4eb044cfc813 --- /dev/null +++ b/licenses/szip @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +The SZIP Science Data Lossless Compression Program is Copyright (C) 2001 Science +& Technology Corporation @ UNM. All rights released. Copyright (C) 2003 Lowell +H. Miles and Jack A. Venbrux. Licensed to ICs Corp. for distribution by the +University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications as a +part of the HDF data storage and retrieval file format and software library +products package. All rights reserved. Do not modify or use for other +purposes. + +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 embodies certain inventions patented by the National Aeronautics & +Space Administration. United States Patent Nos. 5,448,642, 5,687,255, +and 5,822,457 have been licensed to ICs Corp. for distribution with the +HDF data storage and retrieval file format and software library products. +All rights reserved. + +Revocable (in the event of breach by the user or if required by law), +royalty-free, nonexclusive sublicense to use SZIP decompression software +routines and underlying patents is hereby granted by ICs Corp. to all users +of and in conjunction with HDF data storage and retrieval file format and +software library products. + +Revocable (in the event of breach by the user or if required by law), +royalty-free, nonexclusive sublicense to use SZIP compression software +routines and underlying patents for non-commercial, scientific use only +is hereby granted by ICs Corp. to users of and in conjunction with HDF +data storage and retrieval file format and software library products. + +For commercial use license to SZIP compression software routines and underlying +patents please contact ICs Corp. at ICs Corp., 721 Lochsa Street, Suite 8, +Post Falls, ID 83854. (208) 262-2008. |