[2011-01-04 13:24:42 +0800] Ray Rashif:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eugene Roshal <...> Date: 4 January 2011 03:02 Subject: Re: Fwd: Redistribution of RAR for Linux in binary package form To: Ray Rashif <schiv@archlinux.org>
(2) This 'RAR for Linux' is a trial version of your product, so is still subject to the 40-day shareware policy. There is no DRM or mechanism in place to lock down the program in a Linux system, but usage after 40 days would still be illegal and/or against the will of the copyright/license holder(s), right?
Right. But if you provide all files from the original package then user has the license.txt file and it is up to him to stop usage after the trial period.
Personally I think unrar is sufficient for most people so I don't think we need to package a program with such strict licensing terms. Do we already have sharewares in our repos? Cheers. -- Gaetan