emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) (04/25/91)
In article <1991Apr24.215923.15481@world.std.com> robjung@world.std.com (Robert K Jung) writes:
The UNARJ decompressor may be very similar to AR002, but the LZ77
compressor used in ARJ 2.00 is COMPLETELY NEW, UNPUBLISHED, and
probably PATENTABLE. (U.S. patent rights are currently being sought).
Then UNARJ is to be avoided like the PLAGUE. the last thing we need
is more PATENTED compression algorithms, more entanglements of LAWYERS
and COURTS, and vague nasty THREATS to take what had been available as
source and HOARD IT AWAY.
I'd recommend deleting all your copies of UNARC right now, so that you
don't accidentally learn something that Mr. Jung might claim later to
be his exclusive property.
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Msen Edward Vielmetti
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