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From: dmaddox@scsn.net (Donald J. Maddox)
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On Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 06:54:21PM -0500, Snob Art Genre wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Donald J. Maddox wrote:
> 
> > It should be noted, however, that Ms. Poland is in _sales_, so the very
> > idea of seeing anything based on LZS being distributed for free is very
> > likely abhorrent to her :-)  She is not a lawyer, so she may be completely
> > wrong in her belief that anything at all based on LZS is covered by STAC's
> > patents, but I'm not a lawyer, either, and can't afford to find out that
> > she _was_ right in court.
> 
> It sounds like you might do well to acquire a different contact at that
> company.

I would probably do better with my own legal counsel, but that's $$$.  I
am probably gonna write the STAC compression code anyway, for my own
amusement, even if I can't integrate it into FBSD.