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Project Summary
gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a replacement for compress. Its main advantages over compress are much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms. It has been adopted by the GNU project and is now relatively popular on the Internet.
In a Nutshell, gzip...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a average size development team
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took an estimated 3 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in January, 1993
ending with its most recent commit about 2 months ago
Quick Reference
Organization:
git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gzip.git
GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
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