On 2017-01-09 15:13, Martin Pluskal wrote:
On Mon, 2017-01-09 at 15:06 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
unrar is the free alternative. Freeware, actually. The RAR code is copyrighted. I am not sure that you understand what "free software" means ...
I used the definition in the license: cer@Telcontar:~> head /usr/share/doc/packages/unrar/license.txt ****** ***** ****** 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 cer@Telcontar:~> I agree, of course, that is not the same definition of free as meant by "OSS". According to the license, you can not make an OSS version of unrar. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)