Hi all, Maintainer here,
Will reply in full when at home - doing this by mobile at the moment. If you look at the debian source, there is a copy of the original email granting the redistribution rights in non-free, which solves one of the issues being discussed here, I believe. Will read through more fully and respond fully later. We do have explicit permission to distribute this in debian, and the Authors have been very amenable to this in the past, and have worked to resolve bugs specifically related to the packaging of the non free unrar sources. I'm sure they'll be open to discussion around this matter. On 8 Nov 2016 6:17 p.m., "Dmitry Alexandrov" <321...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In a nutshell, the preamble of the new license seems to transform it > >> into a license agreement: > > Sorry, I have not got the point. What it was before if not a licence > agreement? > > > To save others finding the licence, here it is: > > > > http://www.win-rar.com/winrarlicense.html?&L=0 > > I suppose, providing the full text would be even better. Here is the > licence of RAR 5.3.b2-1 from Debian’s non-free repository: > > > Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Alexander Roshal > > This software is shareware. > > The RAR Archiver > EULA (End User License Agreement) for use and distribution > > > The RAR archiver is distributed as try before you buy. This means: > > 1. All copyrights to RAR are exclusively owned by the author > - Alexander Roshal. > > 2. Anyone may use this software during a test period of 40 days. > Following this test period of 40 days or less, if you wish to > continue to use RAR, you must purchase a license. > > 3. There are 2 basic types of licenses issued for RAR, these are: > > a. A single computer usage license. The user purchases one license > to use RAR archiver on one computer. > > Home users may use their single computer usage license on > all computers which are in property of the license owner. > > Business users require one license per computer RAR is > installed on. > > b. A multiple usage license. The user purchases a number of usage > licenses for use, by the purchaser or the purchaser's employees > on the same number of computers. > > In a network (server/client) environment you must purchase > a license copy for each separate client (workstation) > on which RAR is installed, used, or accessed. A separate > license copy for each client (workstation) is needed regardless > of whether the clients (workstations) will use RAR simultaneously > or at different times. If for example you wish to have > 9 different clients (workstations) in your network with access > to RAR, you must purchase 9 license copies. > > A user who purchased a RAR license, is granted a non-exclusive > right to use RAR on as many computers as defined by the licensing > terms above according to the number of licenses purchased, > for any legal purpose. The licensed RAR software may not be rented > or leased, but may be permanently transferred, in it's entirety, > if the person receiving it agrees to the terms of this license. > If the software is an update, the transfer must include the update > and all previous versions. > > 4. Licensing for RAR on mobile devices (U3 stick, USB stick, > external harddrive): > > In addition to the terms stated above following licensing terms > apply to the licensing of RAR on mobile devices. > > a. A single computer usage license. Home users may use their > single computer usage license on all mobile devices which are > in property of the license owner. > > Business users may use their single computer usage license > on one computer and one mobile device. > > b. A multiple usage license. Users who own a multiple usage > license may use that license on the same number of mobile > devices as number of computers (clients) the license was > purchased for. > > The number of computers/devices running RAR at any time is > limited to the number of licenses purchased according to the > licensing terms above. > > A licensed version of RAR on a mobile device may be used by > the purchaser or the purchaser's employees, on several computers > consecutively. > > There are no additional license fees, apart from the cost of > purchasing a license, associated with the use of RAR from > a mobile device on computers that are not owned by the owner > of the RAR license. > > 5. The RAR/WinRAR unlicensed trial version may be freely distributed, > with exceptions noted below, provided the distribution package is not > modified in any way. > > a. No person or company may distribute separate parts of the package > with the exception of the UnRAR components, without written > permission of the copyright owner. > > b. The RAR/WinRAR unlicensed trial version may not be distributed > inside of any other software package without written permission > of the copyright owner. > > c. Hacks/cracks, keys or key generators may not be included on the > same distribution. > > 6. To buy a license please see order.htm for details. > > 7. THE RAR ARCHIVER IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS". NO WARRANTY OF ANY > KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. > NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR THE AGENTS OF THE AUTHOR WILL BE LIABLE > FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS > WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE. > > 8. There are no additional license fees, apart from the cost of > purchasing a license, associated with the creation and distribution > of RAR archives, volumes, self-extracting archives or self-extracting > volumes. Legally registered owners may use their copies of RAR/WinRAR > to produce archives and self-extracting archives and to distribute > those archives free of any additional RAR royalties. > > 9. You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify, > decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer > the licensed program, or any subset of the licensed program, except > as provided for in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall > result in immediate and automatic termination of this license and > may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution. > > Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary code, UnRAR source or UnRAR > binary code may be used or reverse engineered to re-create the RAR > compression algorithm, which is proprietary, without written > permission of the author. > > RAR and WinRAR keyfiles may not be distributed, except as stated > in item 3) above, outside of the area of legal control of the > person or persons who purchased the original license, without > written permission of the copyright holder. > > All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Alexander > Roshal. > > 10. Installing and using RAR/WinRAR signifies acceptance of these terms > and conditions of the license. > > 11. If you do not agree with the terms of this license you must > remove RAR/WinRAR files from your storage devices and cease to > use the product. > > Thank you for using the original RAR. > > Alexander L. Roshal > > > > And here is the licence from ‘rarlinux-x64-5.4.0.tar.gz’ — the latest > build for GNU/Linux available for download from win-rar.com: > > > END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT > > The following agreement regarding RAR (and its Windows version - > WinRAR) > archiver - referred to as "software" - is made between win.rar GmbH - > referred to as "licensor" - and anyone who is installing, accessing > or in any other way using the software - referred to as "user". > > 1. The author and holder of the copyright of the software is > Alexander L. Roshal. The licensor and as such issuer of the license > and bearer of the worldwide exclusive usage rights including the > rights > to reproduce, distribute and make the software available to the public > in any form is win.rar GmbH, Marienstr. 12, 10117 Berlin, Germany. > > 2. The software is distributed as try before you buy. This means that > anyone may use the software during a test period of a maximum of 40 > days > at no charge. Following this test period, the user must purchase > a license to continue using the software. > > 3. The software's trial version may be freely distributed, with > exceptions > noted below, provided the distribution package is not modified in any > way. > > a. Nobody may distribute separate parts of the package, with the > exception > of the UnRAR components, without written permission. > > b. The software's unlicensed trial version may not be distributed > inside of any other software package without written permission. > The software must remain in the original unmodified installation > file for download without any barrier and conditions to the user > such as collecting fees for the download or making the download > conditional on the user giving his contact data. > > c. The unmodified installation file of WinRAR must be provided pure > and unpaired. Any bundling is interdicted. In particular the use > of any install or download software which is providing any kind > of download bundles is prohibited unless granted by win.rar GmbH > in written form. > > d. Hacks/cracks, keys or key generators may not be included, pointed > to > or referred to by the distributor of the trial version. > > e. In case of violation of the precedent conditions the allowance > lapses immediately and automatically. > > 4. The trial version of the software can display a registration reminder > dialog. Depending on the software version and configuration such > dialog > can contain either a predefined text and links loaded locally > or a web page loaded from the internet. Such web page can contain > licensing instructions or other materials according to the licensor's > choice, including advertisement. When opening a web page, the software > transfers only those parameters which are technically required > by HTTP protocol to successfully open a web page in a browser. > > 5. The software is distributed "as is". No warranty of any kind is > expressed > or implied. You use at your own risk. Neither the author, the licensor > nor the agents of the licensor will be liable for data loss, damages, > loss of profits or any other kind of loss while using or misusing > this software. > > 6. There are 2 basic types of licenses issued for the software. These > are: > > a. A single computer usage license. The user purchases one license to > use the software on one computer. > > Home users may use their single computer usage license on all > computers and mobile devices (USB drive, external hard drive, etc.) > which are property of the license owner. > > Business users require one license per computer or mobile device > on which the software is installed. > > b. A multiple usage license. The user purchases a number of usage > licenses for use, by the purchaser or the purchaser's employees > on the same number of computers. > > In a network (server/client) environment the user must purchase > a license copy for each separate client (workstation) on which > the software is installed, used or accessed. A separate license > copy > for each client (workstation) is needed regardless of whether > the clients (workstations) will use the software simultaneously > or at different times. If for example you wish to have 9 different > clients (workstations) in your network with access to RAR, > you must purchase 9 license copies. > > A user who purchased a license, is granted a non-exclusive right to > use > the software on as many computers as defined by the licensing terms > above > according to the number of licenses purchased, for any legal purpose. > > 7. There are no additional license fees, apart from the cost of the > license, > associated with the creation and distribution of RAR archives, > volumes, self-extracting archives or self-extracting volumes. > Owners of a license may use their copies of the software to produce > archives and self-extracting archives and to distribute those archives > free of any additional royalties. > > 8. The licensed software may not be rented or leased but may be > permanently > transferred, in its entirety, if the recipient agrees to the terms of > this license. > > 9. To buy a license, please read the file order.htm provided with > the software for details. > > 10. You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify, > decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer > the licensed software, or any subset of the licensed software, > except as provided for in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use > shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license > and may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution. > > Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary code, UnRAR source > or UnRAR binary code may be used or reverse engineered to re-create > the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary, without written > permission. > > The software may be using components developed and/or copyrighted > by third parties. Please read "Acknowledgments" help file topic > for WinRAR or acknow.txt text file for other RAR versions for details. > > 11. This License Agreement is construed solely and exclusively under > German law. If you are a merchant, the courts at the registered office > of win.rar GmbH in Berlin/Germany shall have exclusive jurisdiction > for any and all disputes arising in connection with this License > Agreement or its validity. > > 12. Installing and using the software signifies acceptance of these terms > and conditions of the license. If you do not agree with the terms of > this > license, you must remove all software files from your storage devices > and cease to use the software. > > > > That licence is IMO clearly unsuitable even for Debian non-free. > > > > | 3a. The software's trial version may be freely distributed, with > > | exceptions noted below, provided the distribution package is not > > | modified in any way > > > > But we have of course modified it. > > As you can see above, that restriction is not new. The licence of > 5.3.b2-1 also forbids modifications. > > > | 3d. Hacks/cracks, keys or key generators may not be included, > > | pointed to or referred to by the distributor of the trial version > > > > We (Debian) cannot possibly agree to such a condition. It may well be > > violated in Debian (even in main) already. > > I believe, that clause only implies ‘cracks’ or key generators for RAR. > >
