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Re: .tar.gz
- To: dahms at ifk20 dot mach dot uni-karlsruhe dot de
- Subject: Re: .tar.gz
- From: Jason Zions <jazz at softway dot com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 16:32:43 -0600
- CC: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Organization: Softway Systems Inc.
- References: <009B7FFD.653E8040.20198@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Reply-To: jazz at softway dot com
> But g*zip is not portable, either, only *compress is "standard" on unix.
> You can just as well install gtar, under that name, too (or link on Linux).
gzip/gunzip are a helluva lot more portable than compress/uncompress;
the code is universally available, and unencumbered by the Unisys patent
on LZW compression. The requirement for a patent license to ship
compress has driven us away from providing it; we use gzip/gunzip.
(It's worth noting that the FSF holds that the Unisys patent applies to
LZW compression, not decompression; thus, gzip won't use LZW
compression, but gunzip can uncompress files compressed with LZW.)
Jason Zions
Softway Systems Inc
http://www.OpenNT.com
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