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I remember reading that the creators of the ARC format sued Phil Katz for essentially taking their original source code and rebranding it PKARC (with assembly o
by allenu 10y ago
I remember reading that the creators of the ARC format sued Phil Katz for essentially taking their original source code and rebranding it PKARC (with assembly optimizations). They claim [1] that Katz did essentially the same thing with PKZIP.
Can anyone verify these claims? I always thought it was an injustice that the original authors were treated poorly by the BBS community and treated like a big company despite just being run from home.
[1] http://www.esva.net/~thom/philkatz.html http://www.esva.net/~thom/philkatz.html
- kimmel 10y agoThis is covered in the BBS Documentary[1]. A comparison of Phil Katz work showed he just renamed variables and moved things around. Phil rallied the BBS community to character assassinate Thom. The documentary is shot years later and Thom still breaks down and cries when talking about what happened. It is very sad. [1] http://bbsdocumentary.com/ http://bbsdocumentary.com/
- WoodenChair 10y agoCrazy how that documentary appears to be not for sale in any form and DVDs on Amazon go for $3xx. Am I missing something?
- rsneekes 10y agoThe page says: "Enhanced Digital Downloads of the BBS Documentary series are planned. Please sign up here: sales@bbsdocumentary.com if you wish to be notified." But it appears to be on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2B9EF89CE228ED0A https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2B9EF89CE228ED0A