ghull@raider (Gordon Hull) (06/21/88)
In article <8084@brl-smoke.ARPA>, Keith Petersen writes: > This is really incredible! SEA is suing Phil Katz, the > author of PK(X)ARC. ... This is indeed an interesting development. A couple of points need to be brought out: 1. SEA's ARC and PK(X)ARC are not the only archive programs in existence. On local boards, I have seen at least two others - ZOO.ARC, and NARCxx.ARC. 2. To the best of my knowledge, the Ziv-Lempel-Welch algorithm is not the property of SEA. If it was, it would be called the "SEA algorithm" :-) SEA can't sue for infringement of a copyright they don't have. Ziv-Lempel-Welch has appeared in a number of textbooks and magazine articles; I would think that it is in the same category as Breshnam's algorithm. It sounds to me like SEA is taking the Lotus approach - resorting to litigation to compete with a superior product! _______________________ Gordon Hull USENET: ghull@raider.uucp FIDONET: Gordon Hull at 1:116/12 USMAIL: Gordon Hull, 907 Kay St. Murfreesboro, TN 37130 FROM CommStuff IMPORT StdDisclaimer; _______________________ --- * Origin: Raiders Roost: Mid TN's FIRST FIDO<->UUCP GATEWAY ! (Opus 1:116/12) SEEN-BY: 116/12 -- ______ / / * Middle Tennessee's FIDO<->UUCP Gateway * (615) 896-7964 /_____/ ___ o ___ ___ ___ * Murfreesboro, Tennessee * / \ /__/ / / / /__ /__/ Bob Reineri - System Operator _/ \___/ /__/__/__/__/__ __/ \_ Mark Bailey - UUCP Project Mgr. UUCP: !{ames,osu-cis,rutgers,decwrl,mit-eddie}!killer!raider FIDO: 1:116/12