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Thread ID: 83732 2007-10-10 23:12:00 Unraring RAR files question... minster (9180) Press F1
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600504 2007-10-14 02:40:00 I talked to a M$ tech a couple of months ago and he said WINRAR was in public domain anyway and any attempts at selling a licensed copy of it was bogus.

Has anyone else heard that too?
SurferJoe46 (51)
600505 2007-10-14 19:49:00 I talked to a M$ tech a couple of months ago and he said WINRAR was in public domain anyway and any attempts at selling a licensed copy of it was bogus.

Has anyone else heard that too?

Given that these guys (http://www.rarlabs.com/) have been operating since WinRar has been around, i'd say thats M$ talking some crap.

It's possible that the rar algorithm is in public domain, like pkzip (i think), but i doubt that WinRar itself is public.
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