Re: bzip2 patent status query

> ...but that's not bzip2. It's the original bzip, which used
> an arithmetic encoding in the final stage. The bzip2 program
> won't even read files created with bzip.

Right, I see...  Sorry about that waste of bandwith, I should have looked at it a bit more closely, I'll try to exit L-user mode before posting in future.

John.