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diff --git a/archivers/bzip/pkg-descr b/archivers/bzip/pkg-descr index 7e7752b9811d..2c2b02eb74e5 100644 --- a/archivers/bzip/pkg-descr +++ b/archivers/bzip/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,15 @@ -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/ +Use of bzip2, which is intended to replace bzip, is recommended. +The algorithms used in bzip2 are different and incompatible with +those used in bzip. To open .bz archives, you must use bzip, and +to open .bz2 archives you must use bzip2. Although bzip2 sometimes +yields slightly larger output, it is faster, more reliable, maintained, +much more widely used and is believed to be patent-free. + +Julian Seward, the author of bzip, gives this warning: + + 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. |