From owner-freebsd-chat Sun May 7 23:12:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from nscache2.x-treme.gr (mail1.x-treme.gr [212.120.196.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9149D37BDAB for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 23:12:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (pat3.x-treme.gr [212.120.197.195]) by nscache2.x-treme.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3/IPNG-ADV-ANTISPAM-0.1) with ESMTP id JAA01831 for ; Mon, 8 May 2000 09:11:57 +0300 Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e47I0SM69232 for chat@freebsd.org; Sun, 7 May 2000 21:00:28 +0300 (EEST) Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 21:00:28 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: mscompress port Message-ID: <20000507210028.A69213@hades.hell.gr> References: <200005071320.GAA87412@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000507153356.A7211@cichlids.cichlids.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000507153356.A7211@cichlids.cichlids.com>; from alex@big.endian.de on Sun, May 07, 2000 at 03:33:56PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 03:33:56PM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote: > Thus spake Chris D. Faulhaber (jedgar@FreeBSD.ORG): > > > New port: mscompress, a Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" > > compatible (de)compressor > > You've just sold your soul, congrats :) Oh, well. Then we should probably nuke the ports for zip/unzip too, because the real men use gzip/bzip? Seriously now. I think that being able to interoperate with others, no matter what operating environment they prefer, is a good thing. It is other things that I usually worry about, more often than not one of them is to keep lawyers away from my box. Is that thing exportable from US? Is the algorithm used for compression and decompression free for distribution, or should the users pay some royalties to Microsoft or someone else? Ciao, Giorgos Keramidas. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message