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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: Re: A rather naive request.
Message-ID: <9711:Mar2702:25:5391@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 27 Mar 91 02:25:53 GMT
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In article <22151@yunexus.YorkU.CA> oz@yunexus.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) writes:
  [ on an arithmetic coder ]
> As far as I know, there are no restrictions on this
> source, nor the modelling algorithm coded therein.

If you ignore the many patents on arithmetic coding, that is. While the
modeller alone might not be covered by any patents, the source certainly
is restricted.

---Dan