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From: telvox.teleinf@bologna.nettuno.it (Roberto M. Russo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Multiplatform Data Compression for FreeBSD (freeware)
Date: 12 Jun 1995 09:47:03 GMT
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Multiplatform  Data  Compression  (COmpressor  DECompressor  ver.
3.21)  for  NetBSD   (ver.  1.0 - intel x86 implementation)  from
Freeware Software Bookshelf of Telvox Software Shop is  available
at the URL :

http://www.nettuno.it/fiera/telvox/telvox.htm

to be downloaded freely.

CODEC allows :

- to compress in one operating system and  decompress in another,
  interfacing the physical format of the file between the same or
  different  environments  with  regards  to  file  organization,
  record format, record length and block size. For example, it is
  possible to compress in NetBSD and to decompress in  IBM's MVS;

- to execute a highly efficient compression  (from 1 to 50 times)
  by   means  of  proprietary  algorithms  such  as  HPBS   (High
  Performance Bit Shrinker);

- to  create in any platform a file capable of self decompressing
  in one of the allowed operating systems ( PC / OS2 / *IX /  VMS
  / etc...) by means of advanced self exploding features.

Our  company  has  decided that,  since  NetBSD is  freeware  our
packages will be distributed in freeware mode on that platform.

The  other  CODEC  implementations are on  proprietary  operating
systems and they are distributed in shareware mode only.

You  are athorized to redistribute or post the CODEC package  for
NetBSD freely since that operating system is freeware.

The  CODEC  package is distributed in self exploding  format  for
NetBSD.

Roberto Maria Russo
(telvox.teleinf@bologna.nettuno.it)