Re: [ANNOUNCE] Kernel 2.4.18-WOLK3.1

From: Ben Greear (greearb@candelatech.com)
Date: Mon Mar 25 2002 - 19:13:07 EST


> Alan Cox wrote:

>>>o add: ISDN LZS Compression
>>>
>>I thought there was some fairly good reason as to why the LZS compression
>>patch is not in the official kernel ? Isn't somebodys patent getting in
>>the way ?
>>
>
> LZS isn't shippable in the USA, only the free world

Maybe you mean it isn't shippable from the USA to anywhere else
in the world? Still a reason not to include it, but I was under
the impression that the real restrictions on encryption were about
exports only.

Ben

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