Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 20:57:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netgraph ng_mppc.c ng_mppc.h Message-ID: <200004100057.UAA46333@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200004092345.AAA01189@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> References: <archie@FreeBSD.ORG> <200004092104.OAA58290@freefall.freebsd.org> <200004092345.AAA01189@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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<<On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 00:45:50 +0100, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> said: > What's the issue here ? I *think* it's alright to write mppc from > scratch - in fact, that's what I'm doing as we speak. The compression algorithm is patented. > MPPC can only be used in products that implement the Point to Point > Protocol AND for the sole purpose of interoperating with other MPPC > and Point to Point Protocol implementations. This paragraph, unfortunately, does not explicitly state that you can practice the compression process without a specific license. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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