On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 02:34:31PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > IIRC one of the algorithms that can be used in zip is lzw which is (or > was) patented. The patent expired in 2003. http://www.sslug.dk/patent/lzwunisys.html -- Carl Fink carl@fink.to If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be. -Bruce Tognazzini