Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 02:30:55 +0100 (CET) From: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se> To: dmaddox@scsn.net Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The BSD License Message-ID: <199801310130.CAA09766@ocean.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <19980130170718.22132@scsn.net> from "Donald J. Maddox" at "Jan 30, 98 05:07:18 pm"
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According to Donald J. Maddox: > It seems that the RFC and ANSI X3.241-74 provide all the info necessary to > implement the LZS algorithm; however, I talked today with Cheryl Poland of > Hi/fn (aka STAC) about this, and she seems convinced that implementing > this in just about any way I can imagine would be a violation of one or > more of Hi/fn's patents :-( Even if so, it might be possible to get explicit permission from the patent holder to distribute a binary, or even source code, FreeBSD. "Licence" it, if you will (for no, or a very small fee). That's entierly up to the patent holder, and the reason that he/she/it owns the patent, I guess. Asking shouldn't hurt. :-) /Mikael
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