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From: drl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (David R. Linn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: compress and comic
Message-ID: <26454@nigel.udel.EDU>
Date: 2 Aug 90 13:49:42 GMT
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>>In article <26407@nigel.udel.EDU> drl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
>>(David R. Linn) writes:
>>>Since it looks like compress will soon be unavailable to the common
>>>man because it implements a patented algorithm
>>
>>This is simply not true. For a better understanding of the issue, see
>>James Woods' article on gnu.misc.discuss.

According to RMS, this may or may not be true (he explicitly offers no
opinion due to lack of relevant expertise) but this response sidesteps
the original question:

>> Can anyone give a reference for the compression algorithm used by comic?