Re: Is the RAR archiver freely distributable?

Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> writes: > May I ask again, what law (what jurisdiction) are you talking about. I am being deliberately non-specific about jurisdiction, and limiting the above assertions to those that describe law regardless of jurisdiction. > I am not familiar with North

Re: Is the RAR archiver freely distributable?

Gunnar Wolf writes: > Dmitry Alexandrov dijo [Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 12:19:19AM +0300]: > > Are ‘key recovery tools’ illegal somewhere? Tools for circumventing > > digital restristions measures definitely are. > > If you use them on files you legally own, they are legal. They will

Re: Is the RAR archiver freely distributable?

>> > Are ‘key recovery tools’ illegal somewhere? Tools for circumventing >> > digital restristions measures definitely are. >> >> If you use them on files you legally own, they are legal. They will be >> illegal for cracking content for which you should not have access. > > Another way of saying

Re: Is the RAR archiver freely distributable?

Dmitry Alexandrov dijo [Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 12:19:19AM +0300]: > >> > If so I will consider whether to write a cracker or key generator for > >> > RAR and upload it to unstable! > >> > >> Do you really belive that *this* is acceptable? This kind of > >> software (‘cracks’ at least) is illegal in

Re: Is the RAR archiver freely distributable?

>> >> > If so I will consider whether to write a cracker or key generator for >> >> > RAR and upload it to unstable! >> >> >> >> Do you really belive that *this* is acceptable? This kind of >> >> software (‘cracks’ at least) is illegal in many jurisdictions. >> > >> > Key recovery tools for

Re: Is the RAR archiver freely distributable?

Am Dienstag, den 08.11.2016, 21:18 +0300 schrieb Dmitry Alexandrov: > > | 3d. Hacks/cracks, keys or key generators may not be included, > > | pointed to or referred to by the distributor of the trial version > > > > We (Debian) cannot possibly agree to such a condition.  It may well > be > >