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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!warwick!bris.ac.uk!usenet From: Alex.Butcher.DELETE.THIS@bris.ac.uk (Alex Butcher) Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ajb.cse.bris.ac.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <32f342b7.11963784@uns.bris.ac.uk> Sender: usenet@fsa.bris.ac.uk (Usenet) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Computing Service, University of Bristol, UK X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99g/32.326 References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5qC7y0gTzDLB091yn@ibm.net> <5ciraf$gs@cynic.portal.ca> <32EE0B70.1657@ml.com> <5claa2$jq1@cynic.portal.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:30:34 GMT Lines: 32 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:154894 comp.os.linux.networking:66506 comp.os.linux.setup:94420 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5781 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2096 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51273 comp.os.os2.advocacy:264122 On 28 Jan 1997 08:42:42 -0800, cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) wrote: >On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, tethys wrote: > >> How? By placing it under the GPL, they ensured it will be free for >> anyone to use, and port to new platforms if desired. > >Only as a separate program. It can't, for example, be integrated >into WinZip or PKZIP (without forcing the author to give away full >source code for WinZip or PKZIP) Er... WinZip /DOES/ do gzip format files. I can even browse .tgz files here. >I don't see what facts I've gotten wrong here. > >cjs >-- >Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ >Internet Portal Services, Inc. >Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil. Regards, Alex. -- I'm looking for employment in Bristol, Bath, Reading or Cambridge, UK. Please see <http://www.cse.bris.ac.uk/~ccajb/cv.html> for more details -=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=- Alex Butcher - Micro Support Technician Tel +44 (0)117 928 9000 x3038 Computing Service, University of Bristol, Tyndall Ave. Bristol BS8 1UD