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Re: Bug#39299: PROPOSAL] permit/require use of bz2 for source packages



[ I'm not commenting on the policy proposal, just zip. ]

Chris Waters <xtifr@dsp.net> writes:

> But zip is non-free -- you're opening a major can of worms here!

zip and unzip are non-free, but the format is not and there are free
compressors and uncompressors (minizip and miniunz from the zlib-bin
package in unstable).

-- 
James


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