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Article #75483Re: Imagine if you couldn't use compress any more
From: Ozan Yigit
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 17:14
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 17:14
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>In article <9007271812.AA09756@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> rms@AI.MIT.EDU writes: >The patent was later granted, and now Unisys says we're >not allowed to run compress without their permission. Is this what unisys actually said (or put it in writing) to FSF, or someone else running compress, or is it your interpretation of something thay may have said regarding the algorithm to someone else, obtained hear-say, phrased in a unique (!) way by you? oz --- Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks. | oz@nexus.yorku.ca Dennis Ritchie quoting Rob Pike | or (416) 736 5257
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,489df72d7df83b95 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-07-31 10:14:53 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ists!yunexus!oz From: oz@yunexus.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Imagine if you couldn't use compress any more Message-ID: <13292@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Date: 31 Jul 90 17:14:53 GMT References: <9007271812.AA09756@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> Sender: news@yunexus.YorkU.CA Distribution: gnu Organization: York U. Communications Research & Development Lines: 15 Posted: Tue Jul 31 18:14:53 1990