Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios...

2000-07-06 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Wieck) writes: >> As long as you brought it up: how sure are you that the method you've >> used is not subject to any patents? > Now that you ask for it: I'm not sure. Could be. >> If you can show that this method uses no ideas not found in zlib, >> then I'll feel reas

Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios...

2000-07-06 Thread Jan Wieck
Tom Lane wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Wieck) writes: > > One thing to keep in mind is that the LZ algorithm you're > > thinking of must be distributable under the terms of the BSD > > license. If it's copyrighted or patented by any third party, > > not agreeing to these te

Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios...

2000-07-05 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Wieck) writes: > One thing to keep in mind is that the LZ algorithm you're > thinking of must be distributable under the terms of the BSD > license. If it's copyrighted or patented by any third party, > not agreeing to these terms, it's out of discussio

Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios...

2000-07-05 Thread Jan Wieck
Jeffery Collins wrote: > I have been looking at using the lztext type and I have some > questions/observations. Most of my experience comes from attempting to > compress text records in a different database (CTREE), but I think the > experience is transferable. First of all I welcome