gzip was written by Jean-loup Gailly <jloup@chorus.fr>, with portionswritten by Mark Adler (inflate.c), Peter Jannesen (unlzw.c) andHaruhiko Okumura (unlzh.c). The zip deflate format was defined by Phil Katz.Thanks to those who reported problems and suggested variousimprovements.  Here is a partial list of them:Robert Abramovitz       bromo@cougar.tandem.comJay Adams               jka@ece.cmu.eduMark Adler              madler@cco.caltech.eduEdwin Allum             edwin@csri.toronto.eduJoseph Arceneaux	jla@gnu.ai.mit.eduTim Auckland            tda10@cus.cam.ac.ukKen-ichiro Aoki         aoki@madonna.physics.ucla.eduDavid Ascher            da@marlowe.cog.brown.eduEric Backus             ericb@lsid.hp.comBecky A. Badgett        badgett@cs.utexas.eduBo Nygaard Bai          bai@iesd.auc.dkDave Barber             dbarber@apocalypse.bbn.comRene Beaulieu           reneb@distri.hydro.qc.caNeal Becker             neal@ctd.comsat.com Dieter Becker           becker@med-in.uni-sb.deNelson H. F. Beebe      beebe@geronimo.math.utah.eduJeff Beadles		jeff@onion.rain.comDavid J. N. Begley      dbegley@st.nepean.uws.edu.auBob Beresh              rberesh@rd.hydro.on.caJim Bernard             jbernard@iola.mines.colorado.eduKarl Berry              karl@cs.umb.eduJames W. Birdsall       jwbirdsa@picarefy.picarefy.comScott Bolte             scott@craycos.comWayne E. Bouchard       web@paladine.hacks.arizona.eduMarc Boucher            marc@cam.orgOla Brahammar           pt90ob@pt.hk-r.seDave Brennan            brennan@hal.comAlan Brown              dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nzMichael L. Brown        brown@wi.extrel.comRodney Brown            rdb@mel.cocam.oz.auBruce                   bde@runx.oz.auBill Bumgarner          bbum@stone.comLeila Burrell-Davis     leilabd@syma.sussex.ac.ukRoger Butenuth          butenuth@ira.uka.deJon Cargille            jcargill@cs.wisc.eduBud Carlson             bud@isle.pegasus.comLim Fung Chai           fclim@i1sin.daq.semi.harris.comWes Chalfant            wes@kofax.comAndrew A. Chernov       ache@astral.msk.suPaul Close              pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.comJeff Coffler            coffler@jac.enet.dec.comWill Colley             wcc3@occs.cs.oberlin.eduRoger Cornelius         sherpa!rac@uunet.uu.netKevin Cosgrove          kevinc@tekig6.pen.tek.comStephen J Cowley        s.j.cowley@amtp.cam.ac.ukRon Cox                 roncox@indirect.comFrank Crawford          frank@photon.ansto.gov.auJames R. Crawford       qralston@cislabs.pitt.eduLawrence Crowl          crowl@research.cs.orst.edu Klaus Dahlenburg        kdburg@incoahe.hanse.deWilliam E Davidsen      davidsen@ariel.crd.ge.comJohn M. DeDourek        dedourek@aixive2.cs.unb.caJeff Deifik             jdeifik@isi.eduVince DeMarco           vince@whatnxt.cuc.ab.caMichael De La Rue       p91152@cplab.physics.edinburgh.ac.ukJeff Delinck            delinck@pa621a.inland.comJohn DeRoo              deroo@grout.adv.shr.dec.comJim Diamond             zsd@axe.drea.dnd.caStefano Diomedi         sd@teculx.tecsiel.itLawrence R. 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Ghazi          ghazi@staccato.rutgers.eduTorbjorn Granlund       tege@sics.seCarl Greco              cgreco@parrot.creighton.eduBruno Haible            haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.deJunio Hamano            junio@shadow.twinsun.comHarald Hanche-Olsen     hanche@ams.sunysb.eduDarrel R. Hankerson     hankedr@mail.auburn.eduMark Hanning-Lee        markhl@romeo.caltech.eduLars Hecking            st000002@hrz1.hrz.th-darmstadt.deRuediger Helsch         ruediger@ramz.ing.tu-bs.deMark C. Henderson       mch@sqwest.wimsey.bc.caKarl Heuer              karl@kelp.boston.ma.usJarkko Hietaniemi       jhi@dol-guldur.hut.fiThomas Hiller           hiller@fzi.deEiji Hirai              hirai@cc.swarthmore.eduKjetil Torgrim Homme    kjetilho@ifi.uio.noRobert D. Houk          rdh@sli.comJim Howard              jim_howard@mentorg.comPreston Hunt            gt5708a@prism.gatech.eduShane C Hutchins        sch@nymph.msel.unh.eduHutch			hutchinson@wrair-emh1.army.milLester Ingber		ingber@alumni.caltech.eduKen Ishii               ishii@sni-usa.comPer Steinar Iversen     iversen@vsfys1.fi.uib.noChris Jacobsen          jacobsen@xray1.physics.sunysb.eduMichal Jaegermann       ntomczak@vm.ucs.ualberta.caBrian Jones             brianj@skat.usc.eduDenny de Jonge          witaddj@dutrex.tudelft.nlArne H. Juul            arnej@lise.unit.noDana Jacobsen           jacobsd@solar.cor2.epa.govPeter Jannesen		peter@ncs.nlBrian D. Johnston       johnstonb@med.ge.comWalter W. Jones         wwj@candela.cfr.nist.govTom Judson              judson@scf.usc.eduHenry G. Juengst        juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.deSarantos Kapidakis      sarantos%manteion@ics.forth.grAmir J. 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Mol         marcel@duteca.et.tudelft.nlSoren Juul Moller       sjm@dde.dkChris Moore             moore@src.bae.co.ukDan Mosedale            mosedale@genome.stanford.eduHelmut Muelner          hmuelner@fiicmds04.tu-graz.ac.atUrban D Mueller         umueller@amiga.physik.unizh.chUlrich Mueller          ulm@vsnhdb.cern.chTimothy Murphy          tim@maths.tcd.ieGreg Naber              greg@squally.halcyon.comJay Nayegandhi          jayng@bbiv02.enet.dec.comPaul K. Neville II      pkn2@idsi.comKarl L. Noell           noell@informatik.fh-wiesbaden.dbp.deDemizu Noritoshi        nori-d@is.aist-nara.ac.jpTodd Ogasawara          todd@protege.pegasus.comHelge Oldach            helge.oldach@stollmann.deArthur David Olson      ado@elsie.nci.nih.govPiet van Oostrum        piet@cs.ruu.nlRafael R. 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