From 1eb67a9d8f7f05ae310bc9ef297d176f3a3f8a37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Seward Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 22:13:13 +0200 Subject: bzip2-0.1pl2 --- bzip2.1 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'bzip2.1') diff --git a/bzip2.1 b/bzip2.1 index 9094c7c..489668f 100644 --- a/bzip2.1 +++ b/bzip2.1 @@ -406,6 +406,9 @@ helpful to at least allow to decompress files created by 0.21, but this would defeat the primary aim of having a patent-free compressor. +For a more precise statement about patent issues in +bzip2, please see the README file in the distribution. + Huffman coding necessarily involves some coding inefficiency compared to arithmetic coding. This means that .I bzip2 -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb