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diff --git a/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE b/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE index aaf4899af52..3652f504dcb 100644 --- a/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE +++ b/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ some funds to us to help in our efforts, you can order one from the Free Software Foundation. See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB' and `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'. -* What format are the *.z files in? +* What format are the *.gz files in? Because the unix `compress' utility is patented (by two separate patents, in fact), we cannot use it; it's not free software. @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ Therefore, the GNU Project has chosen a new compression utility, compress better anyway. As of March 1993, all compressed files in the GNU anonymous FTP area, `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu', have been converted to the new format. Files compressed with this new -compression program end in `.z' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed +compression program end in `.gz' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed files, which end in `.Z'). Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack' files -(which also end in `.z'). This is possible because the various +(which end in `.z'). This is possible because the various decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is. The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site in shar, tar, |