Bug#1883: compress" missing?

["brian (b.c.) white" <bcwhite@bnr.ca>]

>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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