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   The RAR Archiver
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   License for use and distribution
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      The RAR archiver is distributes as try-before-you-buy. This means:

   1. All copyrights to RAR are exclusively owned by the author
      - Eugene Roshal.

   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.

   3. There are 5 basic types of licenses issued for RAR, these are:

      a.  A single computer USAGE license.  The user purchases ONE license
          to USE the RAR archiver on ONE computer.

      b.  A Multiple USAGE license.  The user purchases a number of USAGE
          licenses for use, by the purchaser, the purchaser's employees or
          acredited agents, on the same number of computers.

      c.  A SITE USAGE license.  The user purchases a single USAGE license,
          authorising the USE of RAR, by the purchaser, the purchaser's
          employees or acredited agents, on an unlimited number of computers
          at the same physical SITE location.  This SITE location would
          normally be defined as a single building, but could be considered
          to be a number of buildings within the same, general, geographical
          location, such as an industrial estate or small town.

      d.  A CORPORATE, NATIONAL or INTERNATIONAL USAGE license.  The user
          purchases a single USAGE license, authorising the USE of RAR, by
          the purchaser, the purchaser's employees or acredited agents, on
          an unlimited number of computers, regardless of location, but
          owned or under the control of the purchaser.

      e.  A CORPORATE, RESALE license.  The user purchases a license for
          a limited and specified number of copies for the purpose of
          reselling individual licenses to a third party with RAR being
          included as a part of another application or system.  This license
          does NOT allow the direct reselling of RAR as a stand-alone
          product.

      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.

   4. The RAR unregistered trial version, may be freely distributed,
      with exceptions noted below, provided the distribution package is
      not modified. No person or company may charge a fee for the
      distribution of RAR without written permission from the copyright
      holder. The RAR unregistered trial version may not be bundled or
      distributed with any other package without written permission of
      the copyright holder.

   5. To register you must complete the registration form and send
      it, with registration fee, to one of the authorized
      registration sites, see RAR_SITE.TXT.

   6. RAR ARCHIVER IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS".  NO WARRANTY OF ANY
      KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
      THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS
      OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING
      THIS SOFTWARE.

   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 to
      produce archives and self-extracting archives and to distribute
      those archives free of any additional RAR royalties.

   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.

      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.

      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.

      All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Eugene Roshal.

   9. Installing and using RAR signifies acceptance of these terms
      and conditions of the license.

  10. If you do not agree with the terms of this license you must remove
      RAR files from your storage devices and cease to use the product.

      Thank you for using the original RAR.

                                            Eugene Roshal