[Zlib-devel] zlib and LZMA

[Florian Weimer]

* Mark Adler:

> 3) SPECIAL EXCEPTION
>
> Igor Pavlov, as the author of this code, expressly permits you
> to statically or dynamically link your code (or bind by name)
> to the files from LZMA SDK without subjecting your linked
> code to the terms of the CPL or GNU LGPL.
> Any modifications or additions to files from LZMA SDK, however,
> are subject to the GNU LGPL or CPL terms.

I think this is fine.  This means that free OS vendors and their users
are not affected by the additional code (should it end up in libz.so).