Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 14:40:40 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bzip2 - worthy successor to gzip? Message-ID: <19981205144040.A20818@nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812051700030.7329-100000@bright.fx.genx.net>; from Alfred Perlstein on Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 05:03:14PM -0500 References: <19981205124324.A6892@top.worldcontrol.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812051700030.7329-100000@bright.fx.genx.net>
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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.
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-- David (obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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