
SZIP Copyright and License Notice

The SZIP Science Data Lossless Compression Program is Copyright (C) 2001 
Science & Technology Corporation @ UNM.  All rights released.  

Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Lowell H. Miles and Jack A. Venbrux.  
Licensed to ICs, LLC, 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, LLC, 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, LLC, to all users 
of and in conjunction with HDF data storage and retrieval file format and 
software library products.
