Zip and unzip are part of the standard debian distribution, so pkzip isn't
required.

J. Paul Bruns-Bielkowicz
http://www.america.prv.pl
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From: "Michael Boman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 11:25 AM
Subject: Can OpenOffice really be GPL?


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> I just checked the build requirements while fetching a pre-built version
of
> OpenOffice at www.openoffice.org
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> One thing I noticed is that zip/unzip is required.. If I am not wrong I
> thought that the pkzip stuff had some wierd license agreement?
>
> If so, the OpenOffice naitive formats is also not totally free, as they
are
> pkzip'd as well..
>
> Can anyone enlighten me on this issue?
>
> Best regards
>  Michael Boman
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