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On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 09:29:03AM -0500, Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2020-07-15 at 12:13 +0200, n952162 wrote: |
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> > Is there an open-source way to view the contents of a rar archive? |
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> The p7zip package, if compiled with the "rar" USE flag, can handle |
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> this, in case you have it already. |
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This forces the "unRAR" LICENSE on p7zip, as opposed to the Lesser GPL: |
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app-arch/p7zip ebuild: |
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LICENSE="LGPL-2.1 rar? ( unRAR )" |
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Unfortunately, as [1] describes, this licence is non-free and GPL-incompatible. |
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The full text is at `$(q -Ce PORTDIR)/licenses/unRAR`, for your viewing |
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displeasure. |
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[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Unrar |
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Ashley Dixon |
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suugaku.co.uk |
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2A9A 4117 |
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DA96 D18A |
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8A7B B0D2 |
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A30E BF25 |
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F290 A8AA |
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