Re: Is the RAR archiver freely distributable?

2016-11-11 Thread Ben Finney
Francesco Poli writes: > On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:07:09 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > > [...] > > I believe there are actively-enforced patents on DVD-CSS that > > prohibit distribution of, for example, free software that opens > > files encrypted with that scheme. > [...] >

Re: Is the RAR archiver freely distributable?

2016-11-11 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:07:09 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: [...] > I believe there are > actively-enforced patents on DVD-CSS that prohibit distribution of, for > example, free software that opens files encrypted with that scheme. [...] Is this the actual reason? I was under the impression that the