Hi, > On Jan 17, 2025, at 11:02 AM, Darik Horn <dajh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Without digging deeply into this, it appears to me that it is an alternate >> version/port of 7-ZIP and not just an update to one of existing packages. > > The 7zdec package in FreeDOS is built from the same source package as > 7za, 7zr, and 7zm. I don't intend to maintain these products > separately. > > This 7zdec source package is renamed to Retro7zip to distinguish it > from other forks, particularly p7zip, which has a different pedigree. > > Key differences vice the p7zip package in distro are: > > * Retro7zip is sixteen years newer. > * Retro7zip is perfectly DOS native. > * Retro7zip has all upstream features except benchmarking and sfx, > which might come later.
Okay. It is a replacement for 7zDec. One more thing… Could you explain the licensing section. It says: 7-Zip is copyright Igor Pavlov and released into the public domain. Retro7zip is a derived work, copyright Darik Horn, that is similarly released into the public domain. Some builds of 7-Zip and/or Retro7zip may contain non-free components that are subject to additional constraints and restrictions. Review the DOC/License.txt file in the source tree for specific details. While most of the Licensing looks fine, the part that talks about restrictions to UnRAR are concerning. Does this apply to the DOS Build? Are there restricted, non-open source or non-public domain source files included in the package? Thanks, Jerome
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