freebsd-ports/archivers/bzip2/pkg-descr
Thomas Gellekum 8c43e0b76f Import bzip2 port. bzip2 is a block-sorting compressor with better
compression than gzip.

The author believes that this program uses only patent-free algorithms.

The generated files are not compatible to bzip-compressed files.
1997-11-20 08:18:41 +00:00

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This is bzip2, a block-sorting file compressor.
From the README:
To the best of my knowledge, bzip2 does not use any patented
algorithms. However, I do not have the resources available to
carry out a full patent search. Therefore I cannot give any
guarantee of the above statement.
Julian Seward <jseward@acm.org>