#20 ACE Support

[Anonymous]

Would you please add ACE decompression? , i know 7-
zip is better than winace most of the times but there are
plenty of ACE files in the web if you could add ACE
support (decompression only) ,then i wouldnt need other
decompressor utility, another files formats to consider
are LHA,LHZ,LZH,ARC,ZOO

LHA,LHZ,LZH:
Ancient file compression format widely used in japan

ARC,ZOO:
Good old DOS days

Seiorusly add ACE support and if you can add the
others too (or at least L*)

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Arc is encumbered by the Unisys LZW patent. Fortunately
the patent expires some time this year. As for LHA, it seems
it is plagued by extensions[1] since Yoshi stopped the
development. But for the documented -lz*- to -lh*-
compressions, that should be no problem.

[1]
http://homepage1.nifty.com/dangan/en/Content/Program/Java/j
LHA/Notes/CompressMethod.html

[Alexei Khatskevich]

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The Unisys LZW patent expired in the United States on
June 20, 2003. The Canadian LZW patent will expire on
July 7, 2004. Corresponding patents in the United
Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy will expire on June
18, 2004. The Japanese LZW patent will expire June 20,
2004. If you live in a country where Unisys' LZW patent is
no longer valid, none of the following applies to you,
except perhaps as a warning about what happens when
politicians who can't successfully program a VCR are
permitted to make laws governing technology.

[phobie]

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when will ACE support be added?
June 20, 2003 or what?