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The SZIP Science Data Lossless Compression Program is Copyright (C) 2001 Science
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& Technology Corporation @ UNM. All rights released. Copyright (C) 2003 Lowell
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H. Miles and Jack A. Venbrux. Licensed to ICs Corp. for distribution by the
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University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications as a
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part of the HDF data storage and retrieval file format and software library
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products package. All rights reserved. Do not modify or use for other
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purposes.
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SZIP implements an extended Rice adaptive lossless compression algorithm
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for sample data. The primary algorithm was developed by R. F. Rice at
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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SZIP embodies certain inventions patented by the National Aeronautics &
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Space Administration. United States Patent Nos. 5,448,642, 5,687,255,
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and 5,822,457 have been licensed to ICs Corp. for distribution with the
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HDF data storage and retrieval file format and software library products.
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All rights reserved.
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Revocable (in the event of breach by the user or if required by law),
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royalty-free, nonexclusive sublicense to use SZIP decompression software
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routines and underlying patents is hereby granted by ICs Corp. to all users
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of and in conjunction with HDF data storage and retrieval file format and
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software library products.
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Revocable (in the event of breach by the user or if required by law),
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royalty-free, nonexclusive sublicense to use SZIP compression software
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routines and underlying patents for non-commercial, scientific use only
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is hereby granted by ICs Corp. to users of and in conjunction with HDF
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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
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patents please contact ICs Corp. at ICs Corp., 721 Lochsa Street, Suite 8,
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Post Falls, ID 83854. (208) 262-2008.
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