Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner+willy=40w.ods.org@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id <S317994AbSGLHBL>; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:01:11 -0400
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org
	id <S317991AbSGLHBK>; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:01:10 -0400
Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:11380 "HELO mail.gmx.net")
	by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id <S317987AbSGLHBJ>;
	Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:01:09 -0400
Message-ID: <002d01c22972$82c45270$1c6fa8c0@hyper>
From: "Christian Ludwig" <cl81@gmx.net>
To: "Rik van Riel" <riel@conectiva.com.br>, <jbradford@dial.pipex.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.44L.0207101810370.14432-100000@imladris.surriel.com>
Subject: Re: bzip2 patent status query
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:04:42 +0200
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Content-Length: 817
Lines: 22

Rik van Riel wrote on Wednesday, July 10:
> As long as bitflipping and xor are patented, I guess there
> must be _something_ covering bzip2 ;)

Perhaps it is so, even the author does not know it exactly (but why doesn't
even he know it?).
Bzip2 is included in nearly every distribution I know. BUT, if there would
be a patent on bzip2, I think there would have been somebody already who
sued at least all bigger distributions. If I were the one having a patent on
bzip2, or only parts of it, I would not have let the chance to get rich go
by.

Have fun.

    - Christian


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/