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LZW support? #14

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rpoelstra opened this issue Oct 27, 2020 · 1 comment
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LZW support? #14

rpoelstra opened this issue Oct 27, 2020 · 1 comment

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@rpoelstra
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Hi,

Are there any plans to support the LZW algorithm?

Thanks!

Kind regards,

Remco Poelstra
@tsolomko
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Maybe at some point in the future. There is so many things that could be done and not enough time that I can spend on this project.

It's worth noting though, that LZW is an example of a feature that should be considered carefully because of its history. At some point there were several patents registered for this algorithm. As far as I can tell, right now all of them have already expired, but if it wasn't the case (i.e. if there were still any active patents), there would be no plans to support this algorithm.

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