Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.os.linux.misc > #1235

Re: Archive 20GB?

From Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Archive 20GB?
Date 2011-05-24 18:40 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <irgn1d$4jo$4@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <4ddab8bf/var/tmp/mixmail.sm21596.112642ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <c3bfe1d8a52da251fde94a348b1df199@anonymitaet-im-inter.net> <6n1ra8xikr.ln2@goaway.wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> <b74b3f07da07e982d9c4736080862f33@anonymitaet-im-inter.net>

Show all headers | View raw

On Tuesday 24 May 2011 13:20 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying
as Dave U. Random wrote...

> No, the archiver is not proprietary. It's shareware. That's why it's
> available from the nonfree distribution archives.
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/sid/rar says:
> 
>  This is the RAR archiver from Eugene Roshal. It supports multiple
>  volume archives and damage protection. It can also create
>  SFX-archives. There are versions which run on DOS, Windows
>  (3.1x,95,NT), FreeBSD, BSDI.
>  This program is shareware and you must register it after 40 days of
>  use.

Both "shareware" and "freeware" *are* proprietary software.  Proprietary
means that it does not have a Free/Libre Software license, and that the
source code is not open.

The word "Free" in "Free Software" pertaints to "freedom", not
to "gratis".

        http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

-- 
*Aragorn*
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

Back to comp.os.linux.misc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Re: Archive 20GB? Dave U. Random <anonymous@anonymitaet-im-inter.net> - 2011-05-23 23:40 +0200
  Re: Archive 20GB? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2011-05-23 14:55 -0700
    Re: Archive 20GB? Dave U. Random <anonymous@anonymitaet-im-inter.net> - 2011-05-24 13:20 +0200
      Re: Archive 20GB? David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-05-24 14:20 +0200
      Re: Archive 20GB? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2011-05-24 08:32 -0700
      Re: Archive 20GB? Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-05-24 18:40 +0200
    Re: Archive 20GB? Michael Bachmann <michael.bachmann1978@gmail.com> - 2011-05-26 05:54 -0700

csiph-web