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Article #189207Re: Compress
From: Heiko Blume
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1991 14:35
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1991 14:35
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rms@GNU.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) writes:
>In my own work, I'm not going to install support for using compress as
>long as it's something we can't safely use. Some people advise not
>worrying about the issue, which means counting on it to be bypassed
>before it becomes acute. But this seems risky and unwise to me.
two programs using NON-PATENTED compression algorithms were
just posted to comp.sources.unix [called yabbawhap]. i haven't
tried them yet, but at least the AP algorithm looks suitable
to replace LZW, from what's in the README.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103b8b,60796372b0b9f1a0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103b8b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-03-23 07:49:19 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!math.fu-berlin.de!tmpmbx!scuzzy!src From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: Compress Message-ID: <1991Mar23.143553.13809@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> Date: 23 Mar 91 14:35:53 GMT References: <9103211803.AA00380@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Organization: Contributed Software Lines: 16