Re: move unrar to non-free?

Anssi Hannula <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.plf.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Anssi Hannula wrote:
> Anssi Hannula wrote:
>> Adam Williamson wrote:
>>> Interesting point came up in a Distrowatch discussion thread - could we
>>> move 'unrar' from PLF to non-free? It's in PLF 'for its unclear
>>> license', but reading the license I can see why it may not be okay for
>>> main/contrib but it certainly should be okay for non-free.
>>>
>>> This would allow people to get at their RAR archives without needing a
>>> 'third party' repository.
>> +1
>>
>> It seems the license has changed since unrar was added into PLF, 
>> explaining the strange "PLF reason". There were previously unclear 
>> restrictions on non-free (as in beer) distribution, but those have been 
>> removed, and all distribution is now specifically allowed :)
> 
> No followups?
> 
> Is it ok if I move it?

As per discussion in cooker@, done.

unrar is now in Mandriva non-free.

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Anssi Hannula
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