Re: Unrar package might contain proprietary code.

[Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>]

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John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> writes:

> Also pertinent:
>
> This program is listed in https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Unrar-free
>
As Leo has pointed out, I have mistoken it as another program. So it
should be fine!

> J'
>
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 06:54:24AM +0100, John Darrington wrote:
>      I don't have any strong opinions here.  But if somebody feels
> that we really cannot
>      have this program in Guix, then go ahead and revert it.
>      
>      In the meantime I will try to contact the authors and ask for
> clarification.  However
>      since the project has been inactive for the last 13 years, I
> don't hold too much
>      hope of getting a reply.
>      
>      J'
>      
>      On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 10:19:59PM +0100, Cl??ment Lassieur wrote:
>           >> Like you say, the authors have taken GPL code from
>           >> another project and incorporated
>           >> it into unrar - that is only possible if the the
>           >> resultant work is GPL compatible.
>           >
>           > 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.
>           
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