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Subject: Multiplatform Data Compression for FreeBSD (freeware)
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This was recently (misposted) to the comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc group:

] From: telvox.teleinf@bologna.nettuno.it (Roberto M. Russo)
] Date: 12 Jun 1995 09:49:18 GMT
] Organization: Telvox Teleinformatica
] Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc 
] 
] 
] Multiplatform  Data  Compression  (COmpressor  DECompressor  ver.
] 3.21)  for  NetBSD   (ver.  1.0 - intel x86 implementation)  from
] Freeware Software Bookshelf of Telvox Software Shop is  available
] at the URL :
] 
] http://www.nettuno.it/fiera/telvox/telvox.htm
] 
] to be downloaded freely.
] 
] CODEC allows :
] 
] - to compress in one operating system and  decompress in another,
]   interfacing the physical format of the file between the same or
]   different  environments  with  regards  to  file  organization,
]   record format, record length and block size. For example, it is
]   possible to compress in NetBSD and to decompress in  IBM's MVS;
] 
] - to execute a highly efficient compression  (from 1 to 50 times)
]   by   means  of  proprietary  algorithms  such  as  HPBS   (High
]   Performance Bit Shrinker);
] 
] - to  create in any platform a file capable of self decompressing
]   in one of the allowed operating systems ( PC / OS2 / *IX /  VMS
]   / etc...) by means of advanced self exploding features.
] 
] Our  company  has  decided that,  since  NetBSD is  freeware  our
] packages will be distributed in freeware mode on that platform.
] 
] The  other  CODEC  implementations are on  proprietary  operating
] systems and they are distributed in shareware mode only.
] 
] You  are athorized to redistribute or post the CODEC package  for
] NetBSD freely since that operating system is freeware.
] 
] The  CODEC  package is distributed in self exploding  format  for
] NetBSD.
] 
] Roberto Maria Russo
] (telvox.teleinf@bologna.nettuno.it)

Someone want to see if they'll let you put it on the CDROM?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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