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Andreas Klemm 4089b6d034 add a note to use bzip2 which is faster, more reliable and patent free
this port only stays for compatibility reasons, because bzip2 is unable
to unpack bzip archives.
1998-08-30 09:17:30 +00:00

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Please use bzip2, which is the successor of this older bzip version.
This port stays for compatibility reasons. For a discussion of the
advantages of bzip2 over bzip 0.21 see
http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/
In short: bzip2 ist faster, more reliable and *patent free*
COMMERCIAL USE of bzip
This program may or may not infringe certain US patents pertaining
to arithmetic coding and to the block-sorting transformation itself.
Opinions differ as to the precise legal status of some of the
algorithms used. Nevertheless, you should be aware that commercial
use of this program could render you liable to unfriendly legal
action.