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src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) writes:

>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.

As I read the documentation coming with the posting of these
compression algorithms only one of these is not patented. The AP
algorithm *IS* patented and included in the posting *only* for
experimental use.

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