From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur Subject: Re: Unrar package might contain proprietary code. Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 22:19:59 +0100 Message-ID: <87d1e0n18g.fsf@lassieur.org> References: <87h93cn4ye.fsf@lassieur.org> <20170301202009.GA22689@jocasta.intra> <87fuiwn34o.fsf@lassieur.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47850) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cjBfK-0000ro-SH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:20:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cjBfH-0008Of-NT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:20:06 -0500 In-reply-to: <87fuiwn34o.fsf@lassieur.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: John Darrington Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, John Darrington >> Like you say, the authors have taken GPL code from another project and i= ncorporated >> it into unrar - that is only possible if the the resultant work is GPL c= ompatible. > > Or if the resultant work is illegal? Actually, unrarlib is dual-licensed, so it is possible to use it within a proprietary program (see http://www.unrarlib.org/license.html). But I'll trust you that COPYING is enough :) Sorry for bothering you then. Cl=C3=A9ment