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authorJulian Seward <jseward@acm.org>1997-08-29 22:13:13 +0200
committerJulian Seward <jseward@acm.org>1997-08-29 22:13:13 +0200
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@@ -406,6 +406,9 @@ helpful to at least allow
406to decompress files created by 0.21, but this would 406to decompress files created by 0.21, but this would
407defeat the primary aim of having a patent-free compressor. 407defeat the primary aim of having a patent-free compressor.
408 408
409For a more precise statement about patent issues in
410bzip2, please see the README file in the distribution.
411
409Huffman coding necessarily involves some coding inefficiency 412Huffman coding necessarily involves some coding inefficiency
410compared to arithmetic coding. This means that 413compared to arithmetic coding. This means that
411.I bzip2 414.I bzip2
diff --git a/bzip2.1.preformatted b/bzip2.1.preformatted
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@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ RREELLAATTIIOONNSSHHIIPP TTOO bbzziipp--00..2211
425 to decompress files created by 0.21, but this would defeat 425 to decompress files created by 0.21, but this would defeat
426 the primary aim of having a patent-free compressor. 426 the primary aim of having a patent-free compressor.
427 427
428 For a more precise statement about patent issues in bzip2,
429 please see the README file in the distribution.
430
428 Huffman coding necessarily involves some coding ineffi- 431 Huffman coding necessarily involves some coding ineffi-
429 ciency compared to arithmetic coding. This means that 432 ciency compared to arithmetic coding. This means that
430 _b_z_i_p_2 compresses about 1% worse than 0.21, an unfortunate 433 _b_z_i_p_2 compresses about 1% worse than 0.21, an unfortunate