1 gzip was written by Jean-loup Gailly <gzip@gnu.org>, with portions
2 written by Mark Adler (inflate.c), Peter Jannesen (unlzw.c) and
3 Haruhiko Okumura (unlzh.c). The zip deflate format was defined by Phil Katz.
4 Thanks to those who reported problems and suggested various
5 improvements. Here is a partial list of them:
7 Robert Abramovitz bromo@cougar.tandem.com
8 Jay Adams jka@ece.cmu.edu
9 Mark Adler madler@cco.caltech.edu
10 Edwin Allum edwin@csri.toronto.edu
11 Joseph Arceneaux jla@gnu.ai.mit.edu
12 Tim Auckland tda10@cus.cam.ac.uk
13 Ken-ichiro Aoki aoki@madonna.physics.ucla.edu
14 David Ascher da@marlowe.cog.brown.edu
15 Eric Backus ericb@lsid.hp.com
16 Becky A. Badgett badgett@cs.utexas.edu
17 Bo Nygaard Bai bai@iesd.auc.dk
18 Dave Barber dbarber@apocalypse.bbn.com
19 Rene Beaulieu reneb@distri.hydro.qc.ca
20 Neal Becker neal@ctd.comsat.com
21 Dieter Becker becker@med-in.uni-sb.de
22 Nelson H. F. Beebe beebe@geronimo.math.utah.edu
23 Jeff Beadles jeff@onion.rain.com
24 David J. N. Begley dbegley@st.nepean.uws.edu.au
25 Bob Beresh rberesh@rd.hydro.on.ca
26 Jim Bernard jbernard@iola.mines.colorado.edu
27 Karl Berry karl@cs.umb.edu
28 James W. Birdsall jwbirdsa@picarefy.picarefy.com
29 Scott Bolte scott@craycos.com
30 Wayne E. Bouchard web@paladine.hacks.arizona.edu
31 Marc Boucher marc@cam.org
32 Ola Brahammar pt90ob@pt.hk-r.se
33 Dave Brennan brennan@hal.com
34 Alan Brown dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz
35 Michael L. Brown brown@wi.extrel.com
36 Rodney Brown rdb@mel.cocam.oz.au
38 Bill Bumgarner bbum@stone.com
39 Leila Burrell-Davis leilabd@syma.sussex.ac.uk
40 Roger Butenuth butenuth@ira.uka.de
41 Jon Cargille jcargill@cs.wisc.edu
42 Bud Carlson bud@isle.pegasus.com
43 Lim Fung Chai fclim@i1sin.daq.semi.harris.com
44 Wes Chalfant wes@kofax.com
45 Andrew A. Chernov ache@astral.msk.su
46 Paul Close pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com
47 Jeff Coffler coffler@jac.enet.dec.com
48 Will Colley wcc3@occs.cs.oberlin.edu
49 Roger Cornelius sherpa!rac@uunet.uu.net
50 Kevin Cosgrove kevinc@tekig6.pen.tek.com
51 Stephen J Cowley s.j.cowley@amtp.cam.ac.uk
52 Ron Cox roncox@indirect.com
53 Frank Crawford frank@photon.ansto.gov.au
54 James R. Crawford qralston@cislabs.pitt.edu
55 Lawrence Crowl crowl@research.cs.orst.edu
56 Klaus Dahlenburg kdburg@incoahe.hanse.de
57 William E Davidsen davidsen@ariel.crd.ge.com
58 John M. DeDourek dedourek@aixive2.cs.unb.ca
59 Jeff Deifik jdeifik@isi.edu
60 Vince DeMarco vince@whatnxt.cuc.ab.ca
61 Michael De La Rue p91152@cplab.physics.edinburgh.ac.uk
62 Jeff Delinck delinck@pa621a.inland.com
63 John DeRoo deroo@grout.adv.shr.dec.com
64 Jim Diamond zsd@axe.drea.dnd.ca
65 Stefano Diomedi sd@teculx.tecsiel.it
66 Lawrence R. Dodd dodd@roebling.poly.edu
67 Matthew Donadio donadio@mxd120.rh.psu.edu
68 Andy Dougherty andy@crystal.phys.lafayette.edu
69 Darrell Duane dduane@mason1.gmu.edu
70 John Eaton jwe@che.utexas.edu
71 Will Edgington wedgingt@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
72 Brian Edmonds edmonds@edmonds.home.cs.ubc.ca
73 Paul Eggert eggert@cs.ucla.edu
74 Enami enami@sys.ptg.sony.co.jp
75 Kristoffer Eriksson ske@pkmab.se
76 Daniel Eriksson m91der@bellatrix.tdb.uu.se
77 Denis Excoffier 3.1416@free.fr
78 Rik Faith faith@cs.unc.edu
79 Larry Fahnoe fahnoe@c1mpls.mn.org
80 Cristian Ferretti cfs@poincare.mat.puc.cl
81 Karl-Jose Filler pla_jfi@pki-nbg.philips.de
82 Valery Fine fine@vxcern.cern.ch
83 Bob Fischer bobf@milne.geology.yale.edu
84 Per Foreby perf@efd.lth.se
85 Alexander Fraser alex@cs.umb.edu
86 Noah Friedman friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu
87 Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@iphase.com
88 Gerhard Friesland-Koepke frieslan@rzdspc3.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
89 Andy Fyfe andy@scp.caltech.edu
90 Geoff geoff@frs.faxon.com
91 Arnd Gerns gerns@informatik.uni-hildesheim.de
92 Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@staccato.rutgers.edu
93 Torbjorn Granlund tege@sics.se
94 Carl Greco cgreco@parrot.creighton.edu
95 Bruno Haible haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de
96 Junio Hamano junio@shadow.twinsun.com
97 Harald Hanche-Olsen hanche@ams.sunysb.edu
98 Darrel R. Hankerson hankedr@mail.auburn.edu
99 Mark Hanning-Lee markhl@romeo.caltech.edu
100 Lars Hecking st000002@hrz1.hrz.th-darmstadt.de
101 Aki Helin aki.helin@iki.fi
102 Ruediger Helsch ruediger@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de
103 Mark C. Henderson mch@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca
104 Karl Heuer karl@kelp.boston.ma.us
105 Jarkko Hietaniemi jhi@dol-guldur.hut.fi
106 Thomas Hiller hiller@fzi.de
107 Eiji Hirai hirai@cc.swarthmore.edu
108 Kjetil Torgrim Homme kjetilho@ifi.uio.no
109 Robert D. Houk rdh@sli.com
110 Jim Howard jim_howard@mentorg.com
111 Preston Hunt gt5708a@prism.gatech.edu
112 Shane C Hutchins sch@nymph.msel.unh.edu
113 Hutch hutchinson@wrair-emh1.army.mil
114 Lester Ingber ingber@alumni.caltech.edu
115 Ken Ishii ishii@sni-usa.com
116 Per Steinar Iversen iversen@vsfys1.fi.uib.no
117 Chris Jacobsen jacobsen@xray1.physics.sunysb.edu
118 Michal Jaegermann ntomczak@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca
119 Brian Jones brianj@skat.usc.edu
120 Denny de Jonge witaddj@dutrex.tudelft.nl
121 Arne H. Juul arnej@lise.unit.no
122 Dana Jacobsen jacobsd@solar.cor2.epa.gov
123 Peter Jannesen peter@ncs.nl
125 Brian D. Johnston johnstonb@med.ge.com
126 Walter W. Jones wwj@candela.cfr.nist.gov
127 Tom Judson judson@scf.usc.edu
128 Henry G. Juengst juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de
129 Sarantos Kapidakis sarantos%manteion@ics.forth.gr
130 Amir J. Katz amir@matis.ingr.com
131 Steve Kelem kelem@castor.xilinx.com
132 Steven Kimball kimball@shrew.sanders.lockheed.com
133 Randy Kirchhof rkk@posms.aus.tx.us
134 Ned Kittlitz kittlitz@seagoon.sw.stratus.com
135 Sakai Kiyotaka ksakai@mtl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
136 Philip C Kizer pckizer@gonzo.tamu.edu
137 Pete Klammer pklammer@ouray.denver.colorado.edu
138 Fritz Kleemann kleemann@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de
139 Wilhelm B. Kloke wb@ifado.arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de
140 Tom Kloos tk@sequent.com
141 Carsten Koch carsten.koch@icem.de
142 Winfried Koenig win@in.rhein-main.de
143 Mathias Koerber mathias@solomon.technet.sg
144 Steph Konigsdorfer s.konigsdorfer@frmy.bull.fr
145 Leif Kornstaedt leif@rumtifsl.ruessel.sub.org
146 Michael D. Lawler mdlawler@bsu-cs.bsu.edu
147 Kevin Layer layer@franz.com
148 Howard D. Leadmon howardl@wb3ffv.ampr.org
149 Alexander Lehmann alex@hal.rhein-main.de
150 Simon Leinen simon@lia.di.epfl.ch
151 Burt Leland burt@molecular.com
152 Tony Leneis tony@plaza.adp.ds.com
153 Hugues Leroy hugues.leroy@irisa.fr
154 Marty Leisner leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com
155 Charles Levert charles@aramis.comm.polymtl.ca
156 Richard Levitte levitte@e.kth.se
157 Torbj|rn Lindh toobii@elixir.e.kth.se
158 David R. Linn drl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
159 Antonio Lioy cat@athena.polito.it
160 Jamie Lokier u90jl@ecs.oxford.ac.uk
161 Richard Lloyd R.K.Lloyd@csc.liv.ac.uk
162 David J. MacKenzie djm@eng.umd.edu
163 John R MacMillan john@chance.gts.org
164 Ron Male male@eso.mc.xerox.com
165 Don R. Maszle maze@bea.lbl.gov
166 Jaye Mathisen osyjm@cs.montana.edu
167 Telly Mavroidis mavroidi@acf2.nyu.edu
168 Imed Eddine Mbarki mbarki@pacific.cmpe.psu.edu
169 Steeve McCauley steeve@pooh.geophys.mcgill.ca
170 Tom McConnell tmcconne@sedona.intel.com
171 Tod McQuillin mcquill@ccit05.duq.edu
172 Tye McQueen tye@spillman.com
173 Bernd Melchers melchers@chemie.fu-berlin.de
174 Jason Merrill jason@jarthur.claremont.edu
175 Dean S. Messing deanm@medulla.labs.tek.com
176 M. Mesturino mesturino@cselt.stet.it
177 Luke Mewburn zak@rmit.edu.au
178 Jim Meyering meyering@cs.utexas.edu
179 Dragan Milicic milicic@math.utah.edu
180 Frederic Miserey none.fred@applelink.apple.com
181 Marcel J.E. Mol marcel@duteca.et.tudelft.nl
182 Soren Juul Moller sjm@dde.dk
183 Chris Moore moore@src.bae.co.uk
184 Dan Mosedale mosedale@genome.stanford.edu
185 Helmut Muelner hmuelner@fiicmds04.tu-graz.ac.at
186 Urban D Mueller umueller@amiga.physik.unizh.ch
187 Ulrich Mueller ulm@vsnhdb.cern.ch
188 Timothy Murphy tim@maths.tcd.ie
189 Greg Naber greg@squally.halcyon.com
190 Jay Nayegandhi jayng@bbiv02.enet.dec.com
191 Paul K. Neville II pkn2@idsi.com
192 Karl L. Noell noell@informatik.fh-wiesbaden.dbp.de
193 Demizu Noritoshi nori-d@is.aist-nara.ac.jp
194 Todd Ogasawara todd@protege.pegasus.com
195 Helge Oldach helge.oldach@stollmann.de
196 Arthur David Olson ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov
197 Piet van Oostrum piet@cs.ruu.nl
198 Rafael R. Pappalardo rafapa@obelix.cica.es
199 Mike Pearlman canuck@masc38.rice.edu
200 Jörg-Volker Peetz peetz@dynato-kyma.net
201 Yves Perrenoud pyves@nuga.alphanet.ch
202 Hal Peterson hrp@pecan.cray.com
203 Pascal Petit petit@cadillac.ibp.fr
204 Bruno Pillard bp@chorus.fr
205 Franc,ois Pinard pinard@iro.umontreal.ca
206 Jay Pinkos pinkos@butyng.bu.edu
207 Petr Písař petr.pisar@atlas.cz
208 Thomas Plass thomas@cogsci.ed.ac.uk
209 Mike Polo mikep@cfsmo.honeywell.com
210 Francesco Potorti pot@fly.cnuce.cnr.it
211 Will Priest bpriest@lobby.ti.com
212 David Purves purves@apogee.com
213 Andreas Raab ar@nvmr.robin.de
214 Eric S. Raymond esr@snark.thyrsus.com
215 Klaus Reimann kr@cip.physik.uni-stuttgart.de
216 Michael Rendell michael@mercury.cs.mun.ca
217 Hal Render render@massive.uccs.edu
218 Julian F. Reschke julian@math.uni-muenster.de
219 Phil Richards Phil.Richards@prg.oxford.ac.uk
220 Roland B Roberts roberts@nsrl31.nsrl.rochester.edu
221 Arnold Robbins arnold@cc.gatech.edu
222 Kevin Rodgers kevin@rolling-stone.den.mmc.com
223 Kai Uwe Rommel rommel@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
224 Paul Rubin phr@america.telebit.com
225 Wolfgang Rupprecht wolfgang@wsrcc.com
226 Jonathan Ryshpan jon@amito.hitachi.com
227 Paul A Sand pas@unh.edu
228 Tony Sanders sanders@bsdi.com
229 Mike Sangrey mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us
230 Niimi Satoshi a01309@cfi.waseda.ac.jp
231 Marc Schaefer sysadm@alphanet.ch
232 Andreas Schwab schwab@lamothe.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
233 Eric Schenk schenk@cs.toronto.edu
234 Eric P. Scott eps@cs.sfsu.edu
235 Olaf Seibert rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl
236 Sunando Sen sens@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu
237 Harry Shamansky hts@hertz.eng.ohio-state.edu
238 Amos Shapira amoss@cs.huji.ac.il
239 Rick Sladkey jrs@world.std.com
240 Daniel L Smith dls@autodesk.com
241 Fred Smith fredex%fcshome@merk.merk.com
242 Ripduman Sohan Ripduman.Sohan@cl.cam.ac.uk
243 Stephen Soliday soliday@ncat.edu
244 Paul Southworth pauls@css.itd.umich.edu
245 Rob Spencer robbie@winkle.bhpese.oz.au
246 Richard Stallman rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu
247 Carsten Steger carsten.steger@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
248 David Sundstrom sunds@anon.asic.sc.ti.com
249 Ed Sznyter ews@babel.babel.com
250 Hideaki Tanabe arctanx@iyeyasu.ynl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
251 Andrew Telford ajt@peregrin.resmel.bhp.com.au
252 Glenn E. Thobe thobe@getunx.info.com
253 Kei Thomsen kt@keihh.hanse.de
254 Karsten Thygesen karthy@dannug.dk
255 Mark Towfiq towfiq@microdyne.com
256 Jeff Treece treece@sabbagh.com
257 Oliver Trepte oliver@ikaros.fysik4.kth.se
258 Stephane Tsacas slt@is21.isoft.fr
259 Stephen Tweedie sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk
260 John R. Vanderpool fish@daacdev1.stx.com
261 Sotiris Vassilopoulos vassilopoulos@virginia.edu
262 Pedro A. M. Vazquez vazquez@iqm.unicamp.br
263 Arjan de Vet devet@win.tue.nl
264 Larry W. Virden lvirden@cas.org
265 Vadim V. Vlasov vvlasov@inucres.msk.su
266 Eduard Vopicka eduard.vopicka@vse.cs
267 Theo Vosse vosse@ruls41.leidenuniv.nl
268 Darin Wayrynen darin@pcg.uucp
269 Marcel Waldvogel marcel@nice.usergroup.ethz.ch
270 Stephen J. Walick steve@nshore.org
271 Gray Watson gray@antaire.com
272 David Watt dmwatt@smersh.cambridge.ma.us
273 Scott Weikart scott@igc.apc.org
274 Ivo Welch iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu
275 Jochen Wiedmann zrawi01@zmcipdec1.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de
276 Gijsb. Wiesenekker wiesenecker@sara.nl
277 Wietze van Winden wietze@swi.psy.uva.nl
278 Frank Wuebbeling wuebbel@math.uni-muenster.de
279 Larry W. Virden lwv26@cas.org
280 Bill Wohler wohler@sap-ag.de
281 Jamie Zawinski jwz@lucid.com
282 Christos Zoulas christos@deshaw.com