The Roshal brothers (creator/distributor of RAR) don't license out the RAR algorithm AFAIK. They do provide a decompression-only library, which is why 7z and Winzip can open and extract RAR archives.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 6:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] 7-ZIP Question? > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, Bryan Seitz wrote: > > > You mean zip files cuz that's what a jar is :) > > I suppose. > > > > >> A lot of the formats for 7z that winrar supports read and write are > >> only read on 7z. (According to the spec page I read on it). > > > > Like what?!? > > Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, > NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z. > > (Specifically RAR for me, but I suppose the point is to switch to LZMA?) > > > > Christopher Fisk > -- > You know you're using the computer too much when: > you are unable to sleep without its comforting whirring sound. > -- neenee
