From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KScfp-0005NN-SG for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:03:21 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KScfn-0005Lb-HL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:03:19 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KScfl-0005JE-Sa for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:03:18 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51623 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KScfl-0005J1-Br for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:03:17 -0400 Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.190]:55730) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KScfl-0002oM-0L for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:03:17 -0400 Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 18so1946398fkq.10 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:03:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=osc+IrXYL9r+OQ6JKnDEUBePbcd+pg0A2qCdzmvW7Fo=; b=AXjjnHVuK6W0nWTSw5eNI3WvwetYQoO9QKeEUX5CaR5Plv7nBpU2826Iu1MtzuOKYb blz8KbW3HhWTtl4VYLsAVFiM8LYH9yUZjtQlP73xdgv2cqPJKEhqi5whmlPYqSHpcMMb 4lLdt3O2ZSr4NOvCamnEgQCQGiwGnbRkDkMms= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Ri+4HSz1apxeNWszjjMe98QDmzlqM+Dv1c4k54ENjvlSvRBD/H3lxycHblqKG5LvjR VWb12OTRU5C11/xc+5g7YWC5eL2c20irZRM7yYtECXKDC5tM1b5Aew2XzZTQlGvOe/b5 tiqUtZVTpr16XObZ4wRMtWxmQwn0SHsyy+CQM= Received: by 10.187.240.1 with SMTP id s1mr325855far.61.1218481394739; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:03:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.187.201.7 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:03:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <18d205ed0808111203s6aba398gdbd8013fbc1eeeb7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:03:14 -0400 From: "Gregg Levine" To: "The development of GRUB 2" In-Reply-To: <87hc9r8o0i.fsf@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <48a04fce.3c432c0a.185e.ffffe7e9SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> <4EDC0971DA234DE69A57C17D30812C79@hp2003> <87hc9r8o0i.fsf@xs4all.nl> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: [PATCH] add pkzip support for gzio X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:03:19 -0000 On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Marco Gerards wrote: > Hi, > > "y.volta" writes: > >> i've made a little patch for pkziped ( deflate mode ) file. by >> using this, we can have both gunzip and pkunzip supported: they have >> only header different with the same file. ;-) >> >> please note, if your file is too small, pkzip will not compress it >> but store the orginal data to the output file. > > Isn't this patented? > > -- > Marco > Hello! Correct. The name Pkzip is indeed copyrighted, by the firm who created the original tools. However the zip and unzip methods aren't and are freely available from where ever the Info-Zip people live online. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway."