Re: LZ: Compression and patents


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Re: LZ: Compression and patents



According to Jon Niehof:
>
>I believe that LZW is no longer patented. I think Microsoft actually uses
>it in the real-time compression interface in DOS 6 and later.
>


It uses it in EXPAND / COMPRESS for DOS, and as a DLL since Windoze 3.0!


Whether or not this is useful, it's just a note. :)


Oh well,
Ryan Myers ( rmyers@teleport.com )
http://www.teleport.com/~rmyers/
"Canthus" on DARKWORLD


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