gzip was written by Jean-loup Gailly <gzip@gnu.org>, with portions
written by Mark Adler (inflate.c), Peter Jannesen (unlzw.c) and
Haruhiko Okumura (unlzh.c). The zip deflate format was defined by Phil Katz.
Thanks to those who reported problems and suggested various
improvements.  Here is a partial list of them:

Robert Abramovitz       bromo@cougar.tandem.com
Jay Adams               jka@ece.cmu.edu
Mark Adler              madler@cco.caltech.edu
Edwin Allum             edwin@csri.toronto.edu
Joseph Arceneaux	jla@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Jim Avera		jim.avera@gmail.com
Tim Auckland            tda10@cus.cam.ac.uk
Ken-ichiro Aoki         aoki@madonna.physics.ucla.edu
David Ascher            da@marlowe.cog.brown.edu
Eric Backus             ericb@lsid.hp.com
Becky A. Badgett        badgett@cs.utexas.edu
Bo Nygaard Bai          bai@iesd.auc.dk
Dave Barber             dbarber@apocalypse.bbn.com
Daniel Barkalow		barkalow@iabervon.org
Jeff Beadles		jeff@onion.rain.com
Rene Beaulieu           reneb@distri.hydro.qc.ca
Neal Becker             neal@ctd.comsat.com
Dieter Becker           becker@med-in.uni-sb.de
Nelson H. F. Beebe      beebe@geronimo.math.utah.edu
David J. N. Begley      dbegley@st.nepean.uws.edu.au
Eric Benoit		eric@ecks.ca
Bob Beresh              rberesh@rd.hydro.on.ca
Jim Bernard             jbernard@iola.mines.colorado.edu
Karl Berry		karl@freefriends.org
James W. Birdsall       jwbirdsa@picarefy.picarefy.com
Eric Blake		eblake@redhat.com
Hanno Böck		hanno@hboeck.de
Meo Bogliolo		bartolomeo.bogliolo@xenialab.it
Scott Bolte             scott@craycos.com
Wayne E. Bouchard       web@paladine.hacks.arizona.edu
Marc Boucher            marc@cam.org
Ola Brahammar           pt90ob@pt.hk-r.se
Dave Brennan            brennan@hal.com
Alan Brown              dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz
Michael L. Brown        brown@wi.extrel.com
Rodney Brown            rdb@mel.cocam.oz.au
Bruce                   bde@runx.oz.au
Bill Bumgarner          bbum@stone.com
Leila Burrell-Davis     leilabd@syma.sussex.ac.uk
Rich Burridge		rich.burridge@oracle.com
Roger Butenuth          butenuth@ira.uka.de
Rodrigo Campos		rodrigo@sdfg.com.ar
Jon Cargille            jcargill@cs.wisc.edu
Bud Carlson             bud@isle.pegasus.com
Lim Fung Chai           fclim@i1sin.daq.semi.harris.com
Wes Chalfant            wes@kofax.com
Andrew A. Chernov       ache@astral.msk.su
Paul Close              pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com
Jeff Coffler            coffler@jac.enet.dec.com
Will Colley             wcc3@occs.cs.oberlin.edu
Lasse Collin		lasse.collin@tukaani.org
Roger Cornelius         sherpa!rac@uunet.uu.net
Kevin Cosgrove          kevinc@tekig6.pen.tek.com
Stephen J Cowley        s.j.cowley@amtp.cam.ac.uk
Ron Cox                 roncox@indirect.com
Frank Crawford          frank@photon.ansto.gov.au
James R. Crawford       qralston@cislabs.pitt.edu
Lawrence Crowl          crowl@research.cs.orst.edu
Klaus Dahlenburg        kdburg@incoahe.hanse.de
William E Davidsen      davidsen@ariel.crd.ge.com
John M. DeDourek        dedourek@aixive2.cs.unb.ca
Jeff Deifik             jdeifik@isi.edu
Vince DeMarco           vince@whatnxt.cuc.ab.ca
Michael De La Rue       p91152@cplab.physics.edinburgh.ac.uk
Jeff Delinck            delinck@pa621a.inland.com
John DeRoo              deroo@grout.adv.shr.dec.com
Jim Diamond             zsd@axe.drea.dnd.ca
Antonio Diaz Diaz	ant_diaz@teleline.es
Stefano Diomedi         sd@teculx.tecsiel.it
Lawrence R. Dodd        dodd@roebling.poly.edu
Matthew Donadio         donadio@mxd120.rh.psu.edu
Andy Dougherty          andy@crystal.phys.lafayette.edu
Darrell Duane           dduane@mason1.gmu.edu
John Eaton              jwe@che.utexas.edu
Will Edgington          wedgingt@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
Brian Edmonds           edmonds@edmonds.home.cs.ubc.ca
Paul Eggert             eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Enami                   enami@sys.ptg.sony.co.jp
Kristoffer Eriksson     ske@pkmab.se
Daniel Eriksson         m91der@bellatrix.tdb.uu.se
Denis Excoffier         3.1416@free.fr
Larry Fahnoe            fahnoe@c1mpls.mn.org
Rik Faith		faith@cs.unc.edu
Michael Felt		aixtools@felt.demon.nl
Cristian Ferretti       cfs@poincare.mat.puc.cl
Karl-Jose Filler        pla_jfi@pki-nbg.philips.de
Valery Fine             fine@vxcern.cern.ch
Bob Fischer             bobf@milne.geology.yale.edu
Per Foreby              perf@efd.lth.se
Alexander Fraser        alex@cs.umb.edu
Noah Friedman		friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Bob Friesenhahn         bfriesen@iphase.com
Gerhard Friesland-Köpke frieslan@rzdspc3.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
Andy Fyfe               andy@scp.caltech.edu
Bdale Garbee		bdale@gag.com
Geoff                   geoff@frs.faxon.com
Sam Geeraerts		samgee@elmundolibre.be
Arnd Gerns              gerns@informatik.uni-hildesheim.de
Kaveh R. Ghazi          ghazi@staccato.rutgers.edu
Bjarni Ingi Gislason	bjarniig@rhi.hi.is
Assaf Gordon		assafgordon@gmail.com
Torbjörn Granlund	tege@sics.se
Carl Greco              cgreco@parrot.creighton.edu
Bruno Haible		bruno@clisp.org
Junio Hamano            junio@shadow.twinsun.com
Harald Hanche-Olsen     hanche@ams.sunysb.edu
Darrel R. Hankerson     hankedr@mail.auburn.edu
Mark Hanning-Lee        markhl@romeo.caltech.edu
Lars Hecking            st000002@hrz1.hrz.th-darmstadt.de
Aki Helin               aki.helin@iki.fi
Rüdiger Helsch          ruediger@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de
Mark C. Henderson       mch@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca
Karl Heuer              karl@kelp.boston.ma.us
Jarkko Hietaniemi       jhi@dol-guldur.hut.fi
Thomas Hiller           hiller@fzi.de
Eiji Hirai              hirai@cc.swarthmore.edu
Vidar Holen		vidar@vidarholen.net
Kjetil Torgrim Homme    kjetilho@ifi.uio.no
Robert D. Houk          rdh@sli.com
Jim Howard              jim_howard@mentorg.com
Preston Hunt            gt5708a@prism.gatech.edu
Shane C Hutchins        sch@nymph.msel.unh.edu
Hutch			hutchinson@wrair-emh1.army.mil
Lester Ingber		ingber@alumni.caltech.edu
Ken Ishii               ishii@sni-usa.com
Per Steinar Iversen     iversen@vsfys1.fi.uib.no
Chris Jacobsen          jacobsen@xray1.physics.sunysb.edu
Michal Jaegermann       ntomczak@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca
Brian Jones             brianj@skat.usc.edu
Denny de Jonge          witaddj@dutrex.tudelft.nl
Arne H. Juul            arnej@lise.unit.no
Dana Jacobsen           jacobsd@solar.cor2.epa.gov
Dan Jacobson		jidanni@jidanni.org
Peter Jannesen		peter@ncs.nl
Sverre Jarp
Yanyan Jiang		jiangyy@outlook.com
Brian D. Johnston       johnstonb@med.ge.com
Walter W. Jones         wwj@candela.cfr.nist.gov
Tom Judson              judson@scf.usc.edu
Henry G. Juengst        juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de
Kiyoshi KANAZAWA	yoi_no_myoujou@yahoo.co.jp
Young Mo Kang		kym327@gmail.com
Sarantos Kapidakis      sarantos%manteion@ics.forth.gr
Helmut Karlowski	helmut.karlowski@ish.de
Amir J. Katz            amir@matis.ingr.com
Steve Kelem             kelem@castor.xilinx.com
Steven Kimball          kimball@shrew.sanders.lockheed.com
Randy Kirchhof          rkk@posms.aus.tx.us
Ned Kittlitz            kittlitz@seagoon.sw.stratus.com
Sakai Kiyotaka          ksakai@mtl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Philip C Kizer          pckizer@gonzo.tamu.edu
Pete Klammer            pklammer@ouray.denver.colorado.edu
Fritz Kleemann          kleemann@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de
Wilhelm B. Kloke        wb@ifado.arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de
Tom Kloos               tk@sequent.com
Carsten Koch            carsten.koch@icem.de
Winfried König          win@in.rhein-main.de
Mathias Körber          mathias@solomon.technet.sg
Steph Konigsdorfer      s.konigsdorfer@frmy.bull.fr
Leif Kornstaedt         leif@rumtifsl.ruessel.sub.org
Helge Kreutzmann	debian@helgefjell.de
Michael D. Lawler       mdlawler@bsu-cs.bsu.edu
Kevin Layer             layer@franz.com
Howard D. Leadmon       howardl@wb3ffv.ampr.org
Alexander Lehmann       alex@hal.rhein-main.de
Simon Leinen            simon@lia.di.epfl.ch
Burt Leland             burt@molecular.com
Tony Leneis             tony@plaza.adp.ds.com
Hugues Leroy            hugues.leroy@irisa.fr
Marty Leisner           leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com
Ilya Leoshkevich	iii@linux.ibm.com
Jason Leschnik		jason@leschnik.me
Charles Levert          charles@aramis.comm.polymtl.ca
Dmitry V. Levin		ldv@altlinux.org
Richard Levitte         levitte@e.kth.se
Torbjörn Lindh		toobii@elixir.e.kth.se
David R. Linn		drl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
Antonio Lioy            cat@athena.polito.it
Jamie Lokier            u90jl@ecs.oxford.ac.uk
Richard Lloyd           R.K.Lloyd@csc.liv.ac.uk
David J. MacKenzie	djm@eng.umd.edu
John R MacMillan        john@chance.gts.org
Ron Male                male@eso.mc.xerox.com
Jakub Martisko		jamartis@redhat.com
Don R. Maszle           maze@bea.lbl.gov
Jaye Mathisen           osyjm@cs.montana.edu
Telly Mavroidis         mavroidi@acf2.nyu.edu
Imed Eddine Mbarki      mbarki@pacific.cmpe.psu.edu
Steeve McCauley         steeve@pooh.geophys.mcgill.ca
Tom McConnell           tmcconne@sedona.intel.com
Tod McQuillin           mcquill@ccit05.duq.edu
Tye McQueen             tye@spillman.com
Bernd Melchers          melchers@chemie.fu-berlin.de
Jason Merrill           jason@jarthur.claremont.edu
Dean S. Messing         deanm@medulla.labs.tek.com
M. Mesturino            mesturino@cselt.stet.it
Luke Mewburn            zak@rmit.edu.au
Jim Meyering		jim@meyering.net
Dragan Milicic          milicic@math.utah.edu
Frédéric Miserey        none.fred@applelink.apple.com
Marcel J.E. Mol         marcel@duteca.et.tudelft.nl
Soren Juul Moller       sjm@dde.dk
Chris Moore             moore@src.bae.co.uk
Dan Mosedale            mosedale@genome.stanford.edu
Helmut Mülner           hmuelner@fiicmds04.tu-graz.ac.at
Urban D Müller          umueller@amiga.physik.unizh.ch
Ulrich Müller           ulm@vsnhdb.cern.ch
Timothy Murphy          tim@maths.tcd.ie
Greg Naber              greg@squally.halcyon.com
Thiemo Nagel		thiemo.nagel@ph.tum.de
Jay Nayegandhi          jayng@bbiv02.enet.dec.com
Paul K. Neville II      pkn2@idsi.com
Karl L. Noell           noell@informatik.fh-wiesbaden.dbp.de
Demizu Noritoshi        nori-d@is.aist-nara.ac.jp
Mark Nudelman		markn@greenwoodsoftware.com
Todd Ogasawara          todd@protege.pegasus.com
Helge Oldach            helge.oldach@stollmann.de
Arthur David Olson      ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov
Piet van Oostrum        piet@cs.ruu.nl
Rafael R. Pappalardo    rafapa@obelix.cica.es
Mike Pearlman           canuck@masc38.rice.edu
Jörg-Volker Peetz       peetz@dynato-kyma.net
Yves Perrenoud          pyves@nuga.alphanet.ch
Hal Peterson            hrp@pecan.cray.com
Pascal Petit            petit@cadillac.ibp.fr
Bruno Pillard		bp@chorus.fr
François Pinard         pinard@iro.umontreal.ca
Jay Pinkos              pinkos@butyng.bu.edu
Petr Písař              petr.pisar@atlas.cz
Thomas Plass            thomas@cogsci.ed.ac.uk
Mike Polo               mikep@cfsmo.honeywell.com
Francesco Potortì       pot@fly.cnuce.cnr.it
Will Priest             bpriest@lobby.ti.com
Johannes Przybilla	johannes.przybilla@rwth-aachen.de
David Purves            purves@apogee.com
Andreas Raab            ar@nvmr.robin.de
Pavel Raiskup		praiskup@redhat.com
Eric S. Raymond         esr@snark.thyrsus.com
Klaus Reimann           kr@cip.physik.uni-stuttgart.de
Michael Rendell         michael@mercury.cs.mun.ca
Hal Render              render@massive.uccs.edu
Julian F. Reschke       julian@math.uni-muenster.de
Phil Richards           Phil.Richards@prg.oxford.ac.uk
Mark Roberts		mroberts@rapid-arts-movement.de
Roland B Roberts        roberts@nsrl31.nsrl.rochester.edu
Arnold Robbins          arnold@cc.gatech.edu
Kevin Rodgers           kevin@rolling-stone.den.mmc.com
Kai Uwe Rommel          rommel@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Paul Rubin              phr@america.telebit.com
Wolfgang Rupprecht      wolfgang@wsrcc.com
Rusty Russell		rusty@rustcorp.com.au
Jonathan Ryshpan        jon@amito.hitachi.com
Paul A Sand             pas@unh.edu
Tony Sanders            sanders@bsdi.com
Mike Sangrey            mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us
Niimi Satoshi           a01309@cfi.waseda.ac.jp
Fulvio Scapin		trantorvega@gmail.com
Marc Schaefer           sysadm@alphanet.ch
Andreas Schwab          schwab@lamothe.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Eric Schenk             schenk@cs.toronto.edu
Eric P. Scott           eps@cs.sfsu.edu
Carpe Sébastien		Sebastien.Carpe@worldline.com
Olaf Seibert            rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl
Sunando Sen             sens@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu
Harry Shamansky         hts@hertz.eng.ohio-state.edu
Amos Shapira            amoss@cs.huji.ac.il
Rick Sladkey            jrs@world.std.com
Daniel L Smith          dls@autodesk.com
Fred Smith              fredex%fcshome@merk.merk.com
Ripduman Sohan          Ripduman.Sohan@cl.cam.ac.uk
Stephen Soliday         soliday@ncat.edu
Paul Southworth         pauls@css.itd.umich.edu
Rob Spencer             robbie@winkle.bhpese.oz.au
Richard Stallman	rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Carsten Steger          carsten.steger@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
David Sundstrom         sunds@anon.asic.sc.ti.com
Ed Sznyter              ews@babel.babel.com
Hideaki Tanabe          arctanx@iyeyasu.ynl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Andrew Telford          ajt@peregrin.resmel.bhp.com.au
Glenn E. Thobe          thobe@getunx.info.com
Kei Thomsen             kt@keihh.hanse.de
Karsten Thygesen        karthy@dannug.dk
Mark Towfiq             towfiq@microdyne.com
Jeff Treece             treece@sabbagh.com
Oliver Trepte           oliver@ikaros.fysik4.kth.se
Stephane Tsacas         slt@is21.isoft.fr
Stephen Tweedie         sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk
John R. Vanderpool      fish@daacdev1.stx.com
Sotiris Vassilopoulos   vassilopoulos@virginia.edu
Pedro A. M. Vazquez     vazquez@iqm.unicamp.br
Rob Vermaas		rob.vermaas@gmail.com
Arjan de Vet            devet@win.tue.nl
Larry W. Virden         lvirden@cas.org
Vadim V. Vlasov         vvlasov@inucres.msk.su
Eduard Vopicka          eduard.vopicka@vse.cs
Theo Vosse              vosse@ruls41.leidenuniv.nl
Darin Wayrynen          darin@pcg.uucp
Marcel Waldvogel        marcel@nice.usergroup.ethz.ch
Stephen J. Walick       steve@nshore.org
Jeffrey Walton		noloader@gmail.com
Gray Watson		gray@antaire.com
David Watt              dmwatt@smersh.cambridge.ma.us
Jaroslaw Weglinski	jaroslaw.weglinski@atendesoftware.pl
Scott Weikart           scott@igc.apc.org
Ivo Welch               iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu
Bernhard M. Wiedemann	bwiedemann@suse.de
Jochen Wiedmann         zrawi01@zmcipdec1.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de
Gijsb. Wiesenekker      wiesenecker@sara.nl
Wietze van Winden       wietze@swi.psy.uva.nl
Carl Worth		cworth@cworth.org
Frank Wübbeling         wuebbel@math.uni-muenster.de
Larry W. Virden         lwv26@cas.org
Bill Wohler             wohler@sap-ag.de
Lv Ying			lvying6@huawei.com
Denys Zagorui		denys.zagorui@globallogic.com
Jamie Zawinski          jwz@lucid.com
Yuxi Zhang		YZhang@qnx.com
Christos Zoulas         christos@deshaw.com
