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Stefan Bodewig commented on COMPRESS-238:
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AFAIU the format is proprietary but open source libraries exist that allow
unarchiving - the license explicitly prohibits reverse-engineering of the
compression algorithm.
The ASF lists the license of the UNRAR lib as one that is acceptable for a
binary depencency.
> Add RAR archive support
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> Key: COMPRESS-238
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMPRESS-238
> Project: Commons Compress
> Issue Type: Wish
> Components: Archivers
> Reporter: Stefan Bodewig
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> Creating a new ticket for RAR so I can close COMPRESS-54
> There is an Unrar library with a license that has been deemed acceptable for
> use in Apache projects - I think TIKA already uses it.
> https://github.com/edmund-wagner/junrar
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