*by robert martinez*
*vectorized by CryptWizard + ‘chris’*
7-zip.org/logos.html
*LGPL*
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-as of [28 DECEMBER 2023]–
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-[7-zip] is an [open source file archiver], an [application] used primarily to [compress files]-
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(‘7-zip’ uses its own ‘7z archive format’, but can ‘read’ + ‘write’ several other ‘archive formats’)
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(the program can be used from a…)
‘command line interface’
‘graphical user interface’
‘window-based shell integration’
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(‘7-Zip’ began in ‘1999’ and is developed by ‘igor pavlov’)
(the ‘cross-platform version’ of the ‘command line utility’ (p7zip) is also available)
(‘7-Zip’ is ‘open source software’)
(most of the ‘source code’ is under the ‘GNU LGPL license’)
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(the ‘unRAR code’ is under the GNU LGPL with an “unRAR restriction”, which states that ‘developers’ are not permitted to use the ‘code’ to ‘reverse-engineer’ the ‘RAR compression algorithm’)
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*SKETCHES*
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