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Signed-off-by: Erik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org>

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+Snappy is a compression/decompression library. It does not aim for maximum
+compression, or compatibility with any other compression library; instead,
+it aims for very high speeds and reasonable compression. For instance,
+compared to the fastest mode of zlib, Snappy is an order of magnitude faster
+for most inputs, but the resulting compressed files are anywhere from 20% to
+100% bigger. (For more information, see "Performance", below.)
+
+Snappy has the following properties:
+
+* Fast: Compression speeds at 250 MB/sec and beyond, with no assembler code.
+See "Performance" below.
+* Stable: Over the last few years, Snappy has compressed and decompressed
+petabytes of data in Google's production environment. The Snappy bitstream
+format is stable and will not change between versions.
+* Robust: The Snappy decompressor is designed not to crash in the face of
+corrupted or malicious input.
+* Free and open source software: Snappy is licensed under a BSD-type license.
+For more information, see the included COPYING file.
+
+Snappy has previously been called "Zippy" in some Google presentations
+and the like.