Bug#1883: compress" missing?
>Source can be found for example in the FreeBSD distribution, and is under
>the standard BSD copyright which shouldn't be a problem for us...
Using compress (but not uncompress) infringes on Welch's patent. Perhaps
it could be made available under "non-free"? As far as I understand, there
are no retrictions on its distribution -- just its use.
Brian
( bcwhite@bnr.ca )
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