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--- a/release_docs/INSTALL
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ CONTENTS
the '--with-szlib=/PATH_TO_SZIP' flag. For more information, see
section 4.3.7, "Specifying other libraries and headers."
- Starting with release 1.6.3, Szip library binaries are distributed
- with the encoder enabled (a license may be required to use this binary)
- and with the encoder disabled (freely usable without a license).
+ Starting with release 1.6.3, Szip library binaries are distributed
+ with the encoder disabled (a license may be required to use this binary)
+ and with the decoder enabled (freely usable without a license).
If the encoder enabled binary is used, Szip compression encoding is
available for an HDF5 application; if the encoder disabled binary is
used, Szip compression is not available. Szip decoding is always
I believe this change is what was meant. Please correct me if I am wrong