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Please use bzip2, which is the successor of this older bzip version.
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This port stays for compatibility reasons. A discussion of the
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advantages of bzip2 over bzip 0.21 is given on the homepage.
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1999-07-17 14:50:53 +00:00
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In short: bzip2 is faster, more reliable and *patent free*
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COMMERCIAL USE of bzip
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1996-09-27 12:11:12 +00:00
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This program may or may not infringe certain US patents pertaining
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to arithmetic coding and to the block-sorting transformation itself.
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Opinions differ as to the precise legal status of some of the
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algorithms used. Nevertheless, you should be aware that commercial
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use of this program could render you liable to unfriendly legal
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action.
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WWW: http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/
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