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- The RAR Archiver
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- License for use and distribution
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- The RAR archiver is distributed as try before you buy. This means:
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- 1. All copyrights to RAR are exclusively owned by the author
- - Alexander Roshal.
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- 2. Anyone may use this software during a test period of 40
- days. Following this test period of 40 days or less,
- if you wish to continue to use RAR, you must register.
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- 3. There are 2 basic types of licenses issued for RAR, these are:
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- a. A single computer usage license. The user purchases one license
- to use the RAR archiver on one computer.
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- b. A multiple usage license. The user purchases a number of usage
- licenses for use, by the purchaser, the purchaser's employees or
- accredited agents, on the same number of computers.
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- The number of licenses in network environment must not be less
- than the maximum possible amount of simultaneous users.
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- Once registered, the user is granted a non-exclusive license to use
- RAR on as many computers as defined by the licensing terms above
- according to the number of licenses purchased, for any legal purpose.
- The registered RAR software may not be rented or leased, but may be
- permanently transferred, in it's entirety, if the person receiving it
- agrees to the terms of this license. If the software is an update,
- the transfer must include the update and all previous versions.
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- 4. The RAR/WinRAR unregistered trial version may be freely distributed,
- with exceptions noted below, provided the distribution package is not
- modified in any way.
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- a. No person or company may distribute separate parts of the package
- with the exception of the UnRAR components, without written
- permission of the copyright owner.
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- b. The RAR/WinRAR unregistered trial version may not be distributed
- inside of any other software package without written permission
- of the copyright owner.
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- c. Hacks/cracks, keys or key generators may not be included on the
- same distribution.
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- 5. To register you must buy RAR. See order.htm for details.
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- 6. THE RAR ARCHIVER IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS". NO WARRANTY OF ANY
- KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR THE AGENTS OF THE AUTHOR WILL BE LIABLE
- FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS
- WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
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- 7. There are no additional license fees, apart from the cost of
- registration, associated with the creation and distribution of RAR
- archives, volumes, self-extracting archives or self-extracting
- volumes. Legally registered owners may use their copies of
- RAR/WinRAR to produce archives and self-extracting archives and
- to distribute those archives free of any additional RAR royalties.
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- 8. You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify,
- decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer
- the licensed program, or any subset of the licensed program, except
- as provided for in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall
- result in immediate and automatic termination of this license and
- may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution.
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- Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary code, UnRAR source or UnRAR
- binary code may be used or reverse engineered to re-create the RAR
- compression algorithm, which is proprietary, without written
- permission of the author.
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- RAR and WinRAR keyfiles may not be distributed, except as stated
- in item 3) above, outside of the area of legal control of the
- person or persons who purchased the original license, without
- written permission of the copyright holder.
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- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Alexander Roshal.
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- 9. Installing and using RAR/WinRAR signifies acceptance of these terms
- and conditions of the license.
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- 10. If you do not agree with the terms of this license you must
- remove RAR/WinRAR files from your storage devices and cease to
- use the product.
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- Thank you for using the original RAR.
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- Alexander L. Roshal
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