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Everything in 7-Zip is free, except for the RAR (and maybe this FastStone capture thing). Hence, there is a free version of 7-Zip in Ubuntu universe (http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/utils/p7zip-full)
The 7-zip issue is nowadays acknowledged even on http://7-zip.org/ frontpage. And as mattflaschen points out distros usually ship 7-zip without the RAR part. This "FastStone Capture" had the copyright info in a text file inside the zip they distribute (I have forgotten the exact name of the text file).
lindi
17 years 32 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago
They are not quite "open source"
They are not quite "open source" unfortunately :-( 7-zip uses a proprietary plugin to unpack RAR files and this "FastStone Capture" is "shareware":
"3. Restrictions on Use
This software must not be decompiled, disassembled, reverse engineered or otherwise modified."
kiba
17 years 32 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago
Where do you find this information? When
Where do you find this information?
When I was on Debian, I was allowed to install 7-zip without adding different type of repository.
mattflaschen
17 years 32 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago
Everything in 7-Zip is free, except
Everything in 7-Zip is free, except for the RAR (and maybe this FastStone capture thing). Hence, there is a free version of 7-Zip in Ubuntu universe (http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/utils/p7zip-full)
lindi
17 years 32 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago
The 7-zip issue is nowadays acknowledged
The 7-zip issue is nowadays acknowledged even on http://7-zip.org/ frontpage. And as mattflaschen points out distros usually ship 7-zip without the RAR part. This "FastStone Capture" had the copyright info in a text file inside the zip they distribute (I have forgotten the exact name of the text file).