[Tutor] Linux help required

[Harry Kattz]

Isn't the zipfile module in Python free?  Couldn't you sidestep the issue by
writing your own 'unzip' utility in Python?

Sam


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kalle Svensson" <kalle@gnupung.net>
To: <tutor@python.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Linux help required


> Sez Michael P. Reilly:
> > Kalle Svensson wrote
> > >
> > > Sez D-Man:
> > > > On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 11:53:35PM +0000, Alan Gauld wrote:
> > > [tar/gzip version of tutorial]
> > > > Also, linux has "zip" and "unzip" commands for handling zip
archives.
> > >
> > > Yes, but unzip is in non-free in debian and thus unavailable to me and
all
> > > other fanatics.  I believe the reason is some patent problem, but I'm
not
> > > sure.  Why unzip is non-free and zip is free beats me, but it is
annoying.
> >
> > You can get a free, compatible (to PKZIP*) copy from Info-Zip, both the
> > compression and decompression utilities (which are separate).
>
> I was referring to free as in freedom.  I'm one of those hippie communist
> hacker guys. <wink>
>
> Peace,
>   Kalle
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