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readme.txt

7-Zip 9.20 Sources
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7-Zip is a file archiver for Windows. 

7-Zip Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov.


License Info
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7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL 
(except for unRar code).
read License.txt for more infomation about license.

Notes about unRAR license:

Please check main restriction from unRar license:

   2. The unRAR sources may be used in any software to handle RAR
      archives without limitations free of charge, but cannot be used
      to re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary.
      Distribution of modified unRAR sources in separate form or as a
      part of other software is permitted, provided that it is clearly
      stated in the documentation and source comments that the code may
      not be used to develop a RAR (WinRAR) compatible archiver.

In brief it means:
1) You can compile and use compiled files under GNU LGPL rules, since 
   unRAR license almost has no restrictions for compiled files.
   You can link these compiled files to LGPL programs.
2) You can fix bugs in source code and use compiled fixed version.
3) You can not use unRAR sources to re-create the RAR compression algorithm.


LZMA SDK
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Also this package contains files from LZMA SDK
you can download LZMA SDK from this page:
http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html
read about addtional licenses for LZMA SDK in file
DOC/lzma.txt


How to compile
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To compile sources you need Visual C++ 6.0.
For compiling some files you also need 
new Platform SDK from Microsoft' Site:
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm
or
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/XPSP2FULLInstall.htm
or
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/

If you use MSVC6, specify SDK directories at top of directories lists:
Tools / Options / Directories
  - Include files
  - Library files


To compile 7-Zip for AMD64 and IA64 you need:
  Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK from microsoft.com

Also you need Microsoft Macro Assembler:
  - ml.exe for x86 
  - ml64.exe for AMD64
You can use ml.exe from Windows SDK for Windows Vista or some other version.


Compiling under Unix/Linux
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Check this site for Posix/Linux version:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/


Notes:
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7-Zip consists of COM modules (DLL files).
But 7-Zip doesn't use standard COM interfaces for creating objects.
Look at
7zip\UI\Client7z folder for example of using DLL files of 7-Zip. 
Some DLL files can use other DLL files from 7-Zip.
If you don't like it, you must use standalone version of DLL.
To compile standalone version of DLL you must include all used parts
to project and define some defs. 
For example, 7zip\Bundles\Format7z is a standalone version  of 7z.dll 
that works with 7z format. So you can use such DLL in your project 
without additional DLL files.


Description of 7-Zip sources package

DOC Documentation

7zFormat.txt - 7z format description copying.txt - GNU LGPL license unRarLicense.txt - License for unRAR part of source code history.txt - Sources history Methods.txt - Compression method IDs readme.txt - Readme file lzma.txt - LZMA SDK description 7zip.nsi - installer script for NSIS

C - Source code in C CPP - Source code in CPP

Common Common modules Windows Win32 wrappers

7zip

Common Common modules for 7-zip

Archive 7-Zip Archive Format Plugins

Common
7z
Arj
BZip2
Cab
Cpio
GZip
Rar
Rpm            
Split
Tar
Zip

Bundle Modules that are bundles of other modules

Alone         7za.exe: Standalone version of 7z
Alone7z       7zr.exe: Standalone version of 7z that supports only 7z/LZMA/BCJ/BCJ2
SFXCon        7zCon.sfx: Console 7z SFX module
SFXWin        7z.sfx: Windows 7z SFX module
SFXSetup      7zS.sfx: Windows 7z SFX module for Installers
Format7z            7za.dll:  .7z support
Format7zExtract     7zxa.dll: .7z support, extracting only
Format7zR           7zr.dll:  .7z support, LZMA/BCJ* only
Format7zExtractR    7zxr.dll: .7z support, LZMA/BCJ* only, extracting only
Format7zF           7z.dll:   all formats

UI

Agent         Intermediary modules for FAR plugin and Explorer plugin
Console       7z.exe Console version
Explorer      Explorer plugin
Resource      Resources
Far           FAR plugin  
Client7z      Test application for 7za.dll 

Compress

BZip2        BZip2 compressor
Branch       Branch converter
ByteSwap     Byte Swap converter
Copy         Copy coder
Deflate       
Implode
Arj
LZMA
PPMd          Dmitry Shkarin's PPMdH with small changes.
LZ            Lempel - Ziv

Crypto Crypto modules

7zAES         Cipher for 7z
AES           AES Cipher
Rar20         Cipher for Rar 2.0
RarAES        Cipher for Rar 3.0
Zip           Cipher for Zip

FileManager File Manager

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Igor Pavlov http://www.7-zip.org