Re: [boost] Anyone planning a compression library?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-02-14 12:35:02

From: "Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]>

> --- Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > > At this point it cannot be submitted to boost because it uses
> > zlib
> > > http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/ under the hood to do
> > all the
> > work.
> >
> > What's wrong with zlib?
>
> Hmm...perhaps nothing.  I was assuming zlib had a GPL license, but I
> just checked and the license is compatible with boost. So maybe I
> just need to incorporate the portions of zlib I need, clean it up,
> and submit it.

Better yet, don't incorporate zlib, simply link to it. zlib is available on
every linux (-lz) and is trivial to build on most platforms.

I use it all the time. :-)

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.