[3888] in linux-net channel archive
Re: bsd_comp errors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Olaf Titz)
Sun Jul 28 16:32:52 1996
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From: Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de>
Date: 28 Jul 1996 12:28:35 +0200
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> * Because of patent problems, we return DECOMP_ERROR for errors
> * found by inspecting the input data and for system problems, but
> * DECOMP_FATALERROR for any errors which could possibly be said to
> * be being detected "after" decompression. For DECOMP_ERROR,
> * we can issue a CCP reset-request; for DECOMP_FATALERROR, we may be
> * infringing a patent of Motorola's if we do, so we take CCP down
> * instead.
In plain English: Motorola has patented the whole notion of error
detection, or how goes this?
olaf
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