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- We check all files before they are moved to publicly available areas,
- but unfortunately we are capable of making mistakes, too. Everything
- that is made available is done so, because we have had a reason to
- believe the material in question is freely redistributable.
-
- This is not always the case. If you notice in our collection anything,
- that should not be there, please let us know rigth away.
-
- --jouni jon@x2ftp.oulu.fi (jon@stekt.oulu.fi)
-
- Files removed from x2ftp.oulu.fi:/pub/msdos/programming/
-
- docs 12 August 1994
- tao.zip The Tao of Programming
-
- It seems that this is text from the book "The Tao of Programming" by
- Geoffrey James (ISBN 0-931137-07-1). The book was published 1987 and
- the text file appeared in net around 1989. If it was released by the
- author Geoffrey James or not, is unknown. The file is removed just in
- case, until we know more about its status. Someone, please tell us..
-
- utils 19 August 1994
- filhst10.zip Filehost 1.0 - turn bunch of files into one
-
- This program was based on source of a beta release of JLIB. The author
- modified the sources a bit, compiled and released as shareware. After
- being flamed badly and being contacted by the author of JLIB, he made
- a public apology and requested all copies of filhst10.zip be deleted.
-
- music 28 December 1994
- sbvoice.zip Ethan Brodsky's SBvoice unit - SB, VOC (pascal)
-
- Removed by the request of the author. This is an old version (1992) of
- sbvox (1994), but people were still downloading it more often than the
- preferred version. Guess I'll have to rewrite the sbvox description..
-
- libs 01 January 1995
- svgaptch.zip SVGACC/PB/PV/QB 2.1/2.1a "dual VESA window" patches
-
- Removed by the request of the author. Even thought the version number
- is mentioned, some people applied the patch with lib version 2.3.
-
- libs 26 April 1995
- giflib12.zip portable GIF handling library with utils - C source
-
- Removed due Unisys royalty requirements (GIF uses LZW).
-
- source 26 April 1995
- gif-csrc.zip GIF decoder source (c)
- gifsave.zip save pics as .GIF (C src)
-
- Removed due Unisys royalty requirements (GIF uses LZW).
-
- crypt 06 May 1995
- piblzw.arj Lempel-Ziv-Welch compression method - Phil Burns (pascal)
- codecs13.zip codecs - lossless compression tutorial: RLE/huffman/LZW (C)
- lds_11.zip Lossless Datacomp Sources kit 1.1 - 9 compressors (asm/C)
- lz_asm.arj Lempel-Ziv algorithm based file compressor (asm)
- lzpip103.zip portable lossless compression library - LZW/deflate (C)
-
- LZW algorithm is patented by Unisys and they have desided to start
- demanding royalties also for its software usage. They demand royalties
- also from online services..
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