[Openexr-user] PIZ compression

[Klaus Steden]

Hello,

Just out of idle curiousity ... has anyone taken the PIZ algorithms out of 
the OpenEXR source and bundled them into a standalone library/software 
package a la bzip2, gzip, zip, etc.?

Given the power of PIZ, I am thinking it might be useful to have available 
on its own for use even outside the realm of digital images. Have I in my 
enthusiasm misunderstood its applicability to general data compression? 
Would it be in violation of the OpenEXR licensing arrangement? Has anyone 
tried this yet?

Just curious.

Klaus