Re: Réf. : RE: [boost] compression filters

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-10-20 08:09:07

Bernard HUGUENEY wrote:

 >>The other issue is some compression is copyrighted. So those filters 
would
 >>be not available except as a sub license.
 >
 >I think you meant patented, enjoying life in a software-patent free 
europe,
 >I'd hate to miss useful compression
 > libraries because of US laws. Couldn't we have a ./non-us (a la debian, 
I
 >think for RSA before it went free in us)?

Boost isn't going to get into that.

Boost can define generic compression concepts and interfaces.  There are 
plenty of good non-patented compression schemes that can be used to 
implement those concepts and interfaces.

--Beman