From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 27 06:16:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA00620 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 27 Sep 1996 06:16:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA00555 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 1996 06:16:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with UUCP id OAA27264; Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:45:26 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.gtn.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA02129; Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:46:18 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:46:17 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andreas Klemm To: Jaye Mathisen cc: Julian Assange , meditation@gnu.ai.mit.edu, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bzip vs gzip In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-try-apsfilter: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz X-Fax: +49 2137 2018 X-Phone: +49 2137 2020 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > Seems to me I recall reading in the original posting of bzip, that the > author warned against commercial usage of it because of potential patent > problems. > > Ah, here it is: BTW, I just made a port of it ;) The pre-install target in the Makefile points on that current problem concerning commercial use. This should be sufficient for now... Andreas /// -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<