Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 17:48:22 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bzip2 - worthy successor to gzip? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812051747010.7329-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <19981205144040.A20818@nuxi.com>
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On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 05:03:14PM -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > You should also consider what the author has to say about the algorithm he > > uses. > > > > Supposedly he in not sure if his algorithm is copyrighted technology > > becuase of the mix of algorithms he uses. > > He says this because he is [overly] paranoid of patents. > He was forced to abandon the original `bzip' because he knew he was on > the edge of violating some US patents. > > Anyway, he doesn't say he "isn't sure". You are stretching a little. To > quote: > > PATENTS: > > To the best of my knowledge, bzip2 does not use any patented > algorithms. However, I do not have the resources available to > carry out a full patent search. Therefore I cannot give any > guarantee of the above statement. > > End of legalities. bzip1 was really bad in that aspect, but that is NOT the tune he was singing to several months back when i checked about bzip2, it was much more on the shady side according to the author. maybe he researched a bit more. -Alfred > > > -- > -- David (obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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