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According to wikipedia, since 1993 pkzip has used an algorithm thought to be free of patents.
by brlewis 18y ago
According to wikipedia, since 1993 pkzip has used an algorithm thought to be free of patents.
- mojuba 18y agoWikipedia says nothing about Katz's patents, but I well remember PKZip displaying a message "patent(s) pending".
- brlewis 18y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKZIP#Version_history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKZIP#Version_history Click "deflating". It says the algorithm was used in gzip and PNG. Not exactly a poster child for innovation withering for lack of patents.