John Darrington <j...@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. > > > -- > Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. > PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 > fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 > See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.
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