Re: [Zip-Bugs] UnZip 5.51c Beta available

Greg Roelofs <[email protected]> Wed, 14 May 2003 08:03:10 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.archivers.info-zip
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> UnZip, version 5.51c BETA, 13 May 2003

> The source archive is available at:
>      http://home.t-online.de/home/christian.spieler/infozip/unz551c.zip

> Sorry for not transfering the file to ftp.info-zip.org, but unfortunately
> I have again forgotten the password of my maintance account on LEO...

<snrk> Uploaded.

> Feel free to test the code and send back comments.

Compiled beautifully on Linux with gcc 2.95.3 (not surprising) and tested
103 random archives without any problems.

One thing to note:  the US LZW patent (Unisys flavor, anyway) expires
next month.  I believe the European and Japanese copies are still valid
for an additional year beyond that, and there's always the remote possi-
bility that IBM might try to assert their flavor, despite its invalidity.
But it's something to keep in mind, anyway.  (I'd probably vote to keep
the status quo, since nobody much seems to care about unshrinking anymore.)

Greg