Re: Unrar package might contain proprietary code.

[Leo Famulari]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 09:45:50AM +0800, Alex Vong wrote:
> Clément Lassieur <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >>> 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.
> >
> > Clément
> 
> I think Debian considered it to be non-free, see the package page[0] and
> the copyright page[1].

> [0]: https://packages.debian.org/sid/unrar

I think this is a different program with the same name and purpose.

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