Hi, Jeff Johnson <n3...@mac.com> writes:
>>> librsync is a zombie project. which is a shame, Martin Pool is a >>> really smart guy, just that the rsync protocol is patent encumbered >>> many years now. >> >> I did not know about the patent problems. >> > > The issues are quite old. But in 1998 it was known that ~87% > of the bandwidth needed for displaying web pages could be saved > with an rsync-like protocol implemented in browsers. You would > think that saving 87% of the bandwidth used displaying web pages > would be a useful implementation. The implementation has never > happened because of the patent. Sadly the patent has never > produced a useful product afaik. I didn’t about the issue, but I found a summary: http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/rproxy.html There’s a transcription of a talk by Tridgell where he briefly mentions the patent issue: http://olstrans.sourceforge.net/release/OLS2000-rsync/OLS2000-rsync.html Thanks, Ludo’. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@cs.uu.nl https://mail.cs.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
