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+/*
+ * BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Intel Corporation
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+ * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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+ *
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+ * THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * LGPL LICENSE
+ *
+ * tinycompress library for compress audio offload in alsa
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License,
+ * version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef __VERSION_H
+#define __VERSION_H
+
+
+#define TINYCOMPRESS_LIB_MAJOR		0 /* major number of library version */
+#define TINYCOMPRESS_LIB_MINOR		1 /* minor number of library version */
+#define TINYCOMPRESS_LIB_SUBMINOR	0 /* subminor number of library version */
+
+/** library version */
+#define TINYCOMPRESS_LIB_VERSION \
+		((TINYCOMPRESS_LIB_MAJOR<<16)|\
+		 (TINYCOMPRESS_LIB_MINOR<<8)|\
+		  TINYCOMPRESS_LIB_SUBMINOR)
+
+/** library version (string) */
+#define TINYCOMPRESS_LIB_VERSION_STR	"0.1.0"
+
+#endif