[ale] when is a zip file not a zip file

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 15:10 -0400, Brian D. Pitts wrote:
> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org> on Wednesday, September 6,
> 2006 at 12:04 PM -0500 wrote:
> That's odd.  I'm guessing that Fedora's definition of 'free' is
> meaning 'open-source' rather than just free.  Unrar is free, and while
> it isn't open-source they do provide the source code, also for free.
>  I wouldn't know how to compile it myself nor figure out how to get
> the rpm off rpm.livna.org, but I can tell you where to find the source
> code as well as the rest of the free unrar downloads:
> <http://rarlabs.com/rar_add.htm>
> 
> UnRar is is provided at no cost but isn't released under a
> FSF-approved license. Using the term freeware instead of free for
> software in this situation is helpful because it reduces ambiguity
> about whether a program gives users the freedoms discussed at
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
> 
> I am impressed by the number of platforms for which rarlabs has
> produced binaries. I wonder if anyone has actually downloaded unrar
> for OpenVMS/VAX, for example.

I didn't think pr0n viewing on VMS/VAX was possible other than ASCII
art.  :)
> 
> -Brian 
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