Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bu.edu!mirror!rayssd!galaxia!mrsoft!mrr From: mrr@mrsoft.Newport.RI.US (Mark Rinfret) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: thought Dillon and friends would like to know Message-ID: Date: 7 Aug 90 11:07:04 GMT References: <1990Jul27.204559.26305@athena.mit.edu> Lines: 24 >In article mwm@raven.pa.dec.com >(Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) writes: >#4,558,302 covers compress. My understanding is that there are >actually three patents on that algorithm, and Unisys is demanding 3% >of gross sales from anyone who wants to license it. Hey CBM - you >gonna ship BRU with compress turned on? And is MRBackup going to have >that feature vanish? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'm certainly worried about it and I'll be watching related articles for something "definitive". I sure as hell can't afford a $10k-$20k licensing fee. > > Still depressed by the whole thing, >