guix-devel
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Unrar package might contain proprietary code.


From: Clément Lassieur
Subject: Re: Unrar package might contain proprietary code.
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 22:19:59 +0100
User-agent: mu4e 0.9.18; emacs 25.2.1

>> 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



reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]