Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!manes From: manes@dasys1.UUCP (Steve Manes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PKARC Message-ID: <3322@dasys1.UUCP> Date: 9 Mar 88 09:41:08 GMT References: <4671@ozdaltx.UUCP> <1895@uwspan.UUCP> Reply-To: manes@dasys1.UUCP (Steve Manes) Organization: Datamerica Systems, NYC Lines: 12 In article <1895@uwspan.UUCP> root@uwspan.UUCP (John Plocher) writes: > SEA used PUBLIC DOMAIN code to produce ARC (compress, squeeze, > etc - look at the comments in the source if you doubt) Actually, as I understand it, the Lempel-Ziv compression algorithm used by both S.E.A. ARC and PKARC is copyright AT&T so an argument could be made that they both claim-jumped. -- +----- + Steve Manes Roxy Recorders, Inc. NYC + decvax!philabs!cmcl2!hombre!magpie!manes Magpie BBS: 212-420-0527 + SmartMail: manes@magpie.MASA.COM