Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 09:09:04 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hacker's list) Subject: Re: FBSD 2.1 Message-ID: <199601161609.JAA04448@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <9601161056.AA10894@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu> References: <199601160309.UAA02934@rocky.sri.MT.net> <9601161056.AA10894@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu>
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> > Other than that I think we're pretty safe. We're *much* safer with > > using Zip code than shipping the sources to BSD compress around. > > > > Why is that? What is wrong with the sources to BSD compress? > Call me stupid, but aren't they covered by the BSD copyright? In > /usr/src/usr.bin/compress/doc/NOTES it suggests that /usr/bin/compress > should be safe as far as this goes. Have I misunderstood? The algorithms are patented by Unisys, which has been flexing it's muscle in recent years w/regard to the patent. Nate
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