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-[gzip] [GNU] [
Zip]
is a file compression format which the [GNU] product
invented because compress(1)
was [Proprietary
]. As is often the case[1], it was better than the [Proprietary]
program which it was designed to replace.
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See gzip(1), gunzip(2), compress
(1)
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[1]fiasco (a non-proprietary reimplementation of [
L4]
, [Linux] (as opposed to [UNIX]),... (AddToMe)
+[gzip] [GNU] Zip is a file compression format which the [GNU] project
invented because Unix's compression tool '
compress'
was [ProprietarySoftware
]. As is often the case[1], it was better than the proprietary
program which it was designed to replace.
+
+
See gzip(1), gunzip(1).
+
+[1] fiasco (a non-proprietary reimplementation of L4, [Linux] (as opposed to [UNIX]),