On Mon, 20 May 1996, Stephen Early wrote: > On Mon, 20 May 1996, Yves Arrouye wrote: > > > Is it impossible to distribute a real compress program? I know there > > may be problems with an LZW patent, but I don't know how they relate > > to the distribution of a compress program for say personal use. > > If this is possible I'll make a package for it. > > If we do have a compress package, it must go in non-free.
Would still be better than nothing. And making a compress package shouldn't be hard... it doesn't even need to provide an 'uncompress'! Any takers? Christian