| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |