gzip compressed file ownership and permissions

gzip compressed file ownership and permissions "I'm trying to find out how gzipping a file changes its permissions. The gzip manual (man gzip) says:"
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Changing file ownership can only be done by root. Ordinary user_a simply cannot create a file owned by ordinary user_b, whether file creation is done by gzipping or by gunzipping. If you need to preserve ownership, unzip as root.