This license covers ONLY mpg123.dll and the related source files.

Original mpg123 decoder written/modified by:

Michael Hipp
Oliver Fromme

with help and code from:

Samuel Audet and Dmitry A.Steklenev: OS/2 port
MPEG Software Simulation Group: reference decoder package Tobias Bading: idea for DCT64 in subband synthesis from maplay package
Jeff Tsay and Mikko Tommila: MDCT36 from maplay package
Philipp Knirsch: DCT36/manual unroll idea
Thomas Woerner: SGI Audio
Damien Clermonte: HP-UX audio fixes
Stefan Bieschewski: Pentium optimizations, decode_i586.s
Martin Denn: NAS port
Niklas Beisert: MPEG 2.5 tables
Kevin Brintnall: BSD patch
Tony Million: win32 port
Steven Tiger Lang: advanced shuffle
Henrik P Johnson: HTTP auth patch
and more ....

Current distribution site for new test versions is the CVS repository. http://www.mpg123.org has more information about how to acces the CVS repository.

You can get the latest release from http://www.mpg123.org

DISTRIBUTION

This software may be distributed freely, provided that it is distributed in its entirety, without modifications, and with the original copyright notice and license included. You may distribute your own seperate patches together with this software package or a modified package if you always include a pointer where to get the original unmodified package. In this case you must inform the author about the modified package. The software may not be sold for profit or as "hidden" part of another software, but it may be included with collections of other software, such as CD-ROM images of FTP servers and similar, provided that this software is not a significant part of that collection. Precompiled binaries of this software may be distributed in the same way, provided that this copyright notice and license is included without modification.

USAGE

This software may be used freely, provided that the original author is always credited. If you intend to use this software as a significant part of business (for-profit) activities, you have to contact the author first. Also, any usage that is not covered by this license requires the explicit permission of the author.

DISCLAIMER

This software is provided as-is. The author can not be held liable for any damage that might arise from the use of this software. Use it at your own risk.