> > As I understand, it does not limit the possibility of using it as a > > reference for a free implementation of the *de*compression > > algorithm. As an example, the zip and unzip programs come from > > different source packages. INAL, but I see no problem in creating a > > GNU unrar program, as long as the code from unrarsrc is not used, > > just the concepts. > > This is more or less what I am already trying to do, but even > extracting the concepts is not easy. Unrar uses 2 decompression > algorithms, a virtual machine, several filters, a lot of headers, > encription, etc.
What's the status on this? Are you still on it? If you are having trouble maybe we can do a call for help.
