[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 31.12.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Please be aware that the GIF patent issue is for WRITERS only. Readers > do not use the patented algorithm. Often you can put the writer in non-free > and leave the rest of the program in main.
Indeed. The problem is the compression algorithm, which is the exact same algorithm as with the `compress' program (Unisys holds that patent). Note that gzip does include decompression, and has no trouble being in main; whereas ncompress does compression, and is in non-free. MfG Kai -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
