freebsd-ports/archivers/bzip/pkg-descr

Please use bzip2, which is the successor of this older bzip version.
This port stays for compatibility reasons.  A discussion of the
advantages of bzip2 over bzip 0.21 is given on the homepage.

In short: bzip2 is faster, more reliable and *patent free*

COMMERCIAL USE of bzip

This program may or may not infringe certain US patents pertaining
to arithmetic coding and to the block-sorting transformation itself.
Opinions differ as to the precise legal status of some of the
algorithms used.  Nevertheless, you should be aware that commercial
use of this program could render you liable to unfriendly legal
action.

WWW: http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/
add a note to use bzip2 which is faster, more reliable and patent free this port only stays for compatibility reasons, because bzip2 is unable to unpack bzip archives. 1998-08-30 05:17:30 -04:00			`Please use bzip2, which is the successor of this older bzip version.`
WWW: Websites We Want: 1999-05-02 17:16:50 -04:00			`This port stays for compatibility reasons. A discussion of the`
			`advantages of bzip2 over bzip 0.21 is given on the homepage.`
imported new port of bpatch 0.21, a compression program, that seems to have some advantages over gzip concerning compression and memory consumption. 1996-09-27 07:47:06 -04:00
Fix typos and/or cleanup WWW:. 1999-07-17 10:50:53 -04:00			`In short: bzip2 is faster, more reliable and patent free`
imported new port of bpatch 0.21, a compression program, that seems to have some advantages over gzip concerning compression and memory consumption. 1996-09-27 07:47:06 -04:00
add a note to use bzip2 which is faster, more reliable and patent free this port only stays for compatibility reasons, because bzip2 is unable to unpack bzip archives. 1998-08-30 05:17:30 -04:00			`COMMERCIAL USE of bzip`
imported new port of bpatch 0.21, a compression program, that seems to have some advantages over gzip concerning compression and memory consumption. 1996-09-27 07:47:06 -04:00
cosmetic changes, make copyright more informative, add authors contact address (from README) 1996-09-27 08:11:12 -04:00			`This program may or may not infringe certain US patents pertaining`
			`to arithmetic coding and to the block-sorting transformation itself.`
			`Opinions differ as to the precise legal status of some of the`
WWW: Websites We Want: 1999-05-02 17:16:50 -04:00			`algorithms used. Nevertheless, you should be aware that commercial`
cosmetic changes, make copyright more informative, add authors contact address (from README) 1996-09-27 08:11:12 -04:00			`use of this program could render you liable to unfriendly legal`
			`action.`
WWW: Websites We Want: 1999-05-02 17:16:50 -04:00
			`WWW: http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/`