Re: Intent to package rar
On Mon, May 11 1998, Petr Cech wrote:
| Hello,
| is anybody working on packaging of rar? It's an archive program from
| a Russian programmer Eugene Roshal. It's shareware (so non-free) programm
| with binaries available for dos, Windows(3.x,95) - both text and graphic mode,
| Linux, BSD,HP,SCO,Amiga,OS/2 & Sparc.
| Avaiting comments
I found a source-code package for unrar 2.01 (not the latest version) a
few months ago: you can find it yourself on FTPSearch as 'unrar201.tgz'.
It claims to be freeware, but does not allow distribution of modified
sources. I was considering asking the author to allow portability/bug
patches, but I've since decided I didn't really care enough about unrar
to bother. If you're interested, I strongly suggest persuing that, as
having a source-based package means we can do more about any bugs
present.
BTW, do they have a Linux version compiled against libc6 (a.k.a.
glibc2)?
Here is a copy of the unRAR source license, for reference:
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****** ***** ****** unRAR - free utility for RAR archives
** ** ** ** ** ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
****** ******* ****** License for use and distribution of
** ** ** ** ** ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** ** ** ** ** ** FREE portable version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The source code of unRAR utility is freeware. This means:
1. All copyrights to RAR and the utility unRAR are exclusively
owned by the author - Eugene Roshal.
2. Anyone may use the utility unRAR and it's source code to handle
archive files created with the RAR archiver without limitations.
3. The unRAR utility may be freely distributed, provided the
distribution package is not modified. No person or company
may charge a fee for the distribution of unRAR without written
permission from the copyright holder.
4. THE RAR ARCHIVER AND THE UNRAR UTILITY ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS".
NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE AT
YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS,
DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING
OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
5. Installing and using the unRAR utility signifies acceptance of
these terms and conditions of the license.
6. If you don't agree with terms of the license you must remove
unRAR files from your storage devices and cease to use the
utility.
Thank you for your interest in RAR and unRAR.
Eugene Roshal
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