Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:29:18 -0800

Carl Fink wrote: 
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
The license was owned by Unisys and IBM. The one expired in 2003 was the Unisys license. The IBM license expires on 08/11/2006 (in the USA).
It's the same algorithm used on GIF.

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Gabriel Parrondo

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