Re: status of bzip

1997-12-16 Thread Guy Maor
Paul Slootman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, perhaps the bunzip code could be included in the bzip2 package; That sounds like the best idea. Guy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: status of bzip

1997-12-15 Thread Paul Slootman
On Fri 12 Dec 1997, Paul Slootman wrote: On Thu 11 Dec 1997, Guy Maor wrote: Andy Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is different becuase the lzw patent holders (HP?) have given a general license for non-profit use of the patent. That's true. It's Unisys that holds the patent, btw.

Re: status of bzip

1997-12-12 Thread Guy Maor
Michael Sobolev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Whoops, forget I said the above sentence, I can't seem to find bzip anywhere in Debian... My fingers automatically typed gzip instead of bzip when searching :-( The last time it was seen in non-us distribution. Because of the patent issue

Re: status of bzip

1997-12-12 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 11 Dec 1997, Guy Maor wrote: : Michael Sobolev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : Whoops, forget I said the above sentence, I can't seem to find bzip : anywhere in Debian... My fingers automatically typed gzip instead of : bzip when searching :-( : The last time it was seen in non-us

Re: status of bzip

1997-12-12 Thread Andy Guy
Guy Maor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michael Sobolev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Whoops, forget I said the above sentence, I can't seem to find bzip anywhere in Debian... My fingers automatically typed gzip instead of bzip when searching :-( The last time it was seen in non-us

Re: status of bzip

1997-12-12 Thread Guy Maor
Andy Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is different becuase the lzw patent holders (HP?) have given a general license for non-profit use of the patent. That's true. It's Unisys that holds the patent, btw. The patent on bzip is moot anyway, as bzip2 does not have any patents on it. It should

Re: status of bzip

1997-12-12 Thread Paul Slootman
On Thu 11 Dec 1997, Guy Maor wrote: Andy Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is different becuase the lzw patent holders (HP?) have given a general license for non-profit use of the patent. That's true. It's Unisys that holds the patent, btw. The patent on bzip is moot anyway, as bzip2

status of bzip

1997-12-11 Thread Paul Slootman
On Mon 08 Dec 1997, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: o Orphaned auctex, bzip (libc5), ghostview, lacheck (libc5), libc5, If the original bzip is meant here, it should probably be removed. It's not supported anymore, and the author writes the following on http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/ : I'm no

Re: status of bzip

1997-12-11 Thread Paul Slootman
On Thu 11 Dec 1997, Paul Slootman wrote: As bzip resides in base, that should also change, as it it apparently not free. Whoops, forget I said the above sentence, I can't seem to find bzip anywhere in Debian... My fingers automatically typed gzip instead of bzip when searching :-( Paul

Re: status of bzip

1997-12-11 Thread Michael Sobolev
Whoops, forget I said the above sentence, I can't seem to find bzip anywhere in Debian... My fingers automatically typed gzip instead of bzip when searching :-( The last time it was seen in non-us distribution. --Mike -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe