diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+/* zlib.h -- interface of the 'zlib' general purpose compression library
+  version 1.2.5, April 19th, 2010
+
+  Copyright (C) 1995-2010 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
+
+  This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+  warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+  arising from the use of this software.
+
+  Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+  including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+  freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+     claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+     in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+     appreciated but is not required.
+  2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+     misrepresented as being the original software.
+  3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+
+  Jean-loup Gailly
+  Mark Adler
+
+*/
diff --git a/README.pagespeed b/README.pagespeed
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+URL: http://zlib.net/
+Version: 1.2.5
+License: zlib/libpng
+License File: LICENSE
+
+Description:
+General purpose compression library
+
+Local Modifications:
+none
diff --git a/zlib.gyp b/zlib.gyp
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+# Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+{
+  'variables': {
+    'conditions': [
+      [ 'os_posix == 1 and OS != "mac" and OS != "openbsd"', {
+        # Link to system .so since we already use it due to GTK.
+        # TODO(pvalchev): OpenBSD is purposefully left out, as the system
+        # zlib brings up an incompatibility that breaks rendering.
+        'use_system_zlib%': 1,
+      }, {  # os_posix != 1 or OS == "mac" or OS == "openbsd"
+        'use_system_zlib%': 0,
+      }],
+    ],
+  },
+  'conditions': [
+    ['use_system_zlib==0', {
+      'targets': [
+        {
+          'target_name': 'zlib',
+          'type': 'static_library',
+          'sources': [
+            'adler32.c',
+            'compress.c',
+            'crc32.c',
+            'crc32.h',
+            'deflate.c',
+            'deflate.h',
+            'infback.c',
+            'inffast.c',
+            'inffast.h',
+            'inffixed.h',
+            'inflate.c',
+            'inflate.h',
+            'inftrees.c',
+            'inftrees.h',
+            'trees.c',
+            'trees.h',
+            'uncompr.c',
+            'zconf.h',
+            'zlib.h',
+            'zutil.c',
+            'zutil.h',
+          ],
+          'include_dirs': [
+            '<(DEPTH)',
+            '.',
+          ],
+          'direct_dependent_settings': {
+            'include_dirs': [
+              '<(DEPTH)',
+              '.',
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    }, {
+      'targets': [
+        {
+          'target_name': 'zlib',
+          'type': 'settings',
+          'direct_dependent_settings': {
+            'defines': [
+              'USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB',
+            ],
+          },
+          'link_settings': {
+            'libraries': [
+              '-lz',
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    }],
+  ],
+}
+
+# Local Variables:
+# tab-width:2
+# indent-tabs-mode:nil
+# End:
+# vim: set expandtab tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2: