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 This is the file README for the gzip distribution.
 
 This is the file README for the gzip distribution.
 

-The GNU gzip home page is http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip.
+The GNU gzip home page is https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip.

 
 gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a replacement
 for 'compress'. Its main advantages over compress are much better
 
 gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a replacement
 for 'compress'. Its main advantages over compress are much better


@@ -63,29 +63,15 @@ provided as example (not installed by default since it relies on perl).
 
 gzip is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License, a copy of which is
 
 gzip is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License, a copy of which is

-provided under the name COPYING. The latest version of gzip are always
-available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip or in any of the gnu
+provided under the name COPYING. The latest version of gzip is always
+available from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip or in any of the GNU

 mirror sites.
 
 mirror sites.
 

-- sources in gzip-*.tar (or .shar or .tar.gz).
-- MSDOS lha self-extracting exe in gzip-msdos-*.exe. Once extracted,
-  copy gzip.exe to gunzip.exe and zcat.exe, or use "gzip -d" to decompress.
-  gzip386.exe runs much faster but only on 386 and above; it was compiled with
-  djgpp 1.10 available in directory omnigate.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/djgpp.
-
-A VMS executable is in ftp://ftp.spc.edu/[.macro32.savesets]gzip-1-*.zip
-(use [.macro32]unzip.exe to extract). A PRIMOS executable is available
-in ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/primos/run/gzip.run.
-
-Some ftp servers can automatically make a tar.Z from a tar file. If
-you are getting gzip for the first time, you can ask for a tar.Z file
-instead of the much larger tar file.
-

 Many thanks to those who provided me with bug reports and feedback.
 See the files THANKS and ChangeLog for more details.
 
 
 Many thanks to those who provided me with bug reports and feedback.
 See the files THANKS and ChangeLog for more details.
 
 

-               Note about zip vs. gzip:
+                Note about zip vs. gzip:

 
 The name 'gzip' was a very unfortunate choice, because zip and gzip
 are two really different programs, although the actual compression and
 
 The name 'gzip' was a very unfortunate choice, because zip and gzip
 are two really different programs, although the actual compression and


@@ -119,14 +105,18 @@ error recovery features.)
 
 gzip and gunzip are distributed as a single program. zip and unzip
 are, for historical reasons, two separate programs, although the
 
 gzip and gunzip are distributed as a single program. zip and unzip
 are, for historical reasons, two separate programs, although the

-authors of these two programs work closely together in the info-zip
+authors of these two programs work closely together in the Info-ZIP

 team. zip and unzip are not associated with the GNU project.
 team. zip and unzip are not associated with the GNU project.

-See http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ for more about zip and unzip.
+See http://info-zip.org/ for more about zip and unzip.
+

 
 

+For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package
+note that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval.

 
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-Copyright (C) 1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2018 Free Software Foundation,
+Inc.

 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document