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From: jaw@riacs.edu (James A. Woods)
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Subject: pointer to LZW compression patent discussion
Message-ID: <1990Aug1.012237.1600@riacs.edu>
Date: 1 Aug 90 01:22:37 GMT
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see gnu.misc.discuss for my response to the flurry of questions
about the relation of 'compress' to the lempel-ziv-welch
algorithm patent promoted by sperry/unisys.

the title is "Sperry's patent #4,558,302 does *not* affect 'compress'"

ames!jaw