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Use of bzip2, which is intended to replace bzip, is recommended.
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The algorithms used in bzip2 are different and incompatible with
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those used in bzip. To open .bz archives, you must use bzip, and
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to open .bz2 archives you must use bzip2. Although bzip2 sometimes
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yields slightly larger output, it is faster, more reliable, maintained,
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much more widely used and is believed to be patent-free.
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Julian Seward, the author of bzip, gives this warning:
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This program may or may not infringe certain US patents
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pertaining to arithmetic coding and to the block-sorting
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transformation itself. Opinions differ as to the precise
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legal status of some of the algorithms used. Nevertheless,
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you should be aware that commercial use of this program
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could render you liable to unfriendly legal action.
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