Hi Brent,
I believe you are correct. PKware is all shareware. In
fact, I remember it not being used on some BBSs because
of that. That is, the BBS would have to get a site licence
in order to use PKZIP for the distribution of files. The
favoured alternative was LHA around here, and I use that
on my own computer because it is free. I always prefer non
commercial products whenever possible. BTW, LHA is a great
program and I recommend it to anyone looking for a free
alternative to PKZIP.
I looked at some old distribution of PKZIP and this is
what it says about using it for distribution of files:
- DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
- A Distribution License is required by an organization,
- company or government agency to use PKWARE programs to
- facilitate the distribution of software or data to outside
- parties. To use PKWARE programs within your organization,
- company, educational or government agency, please see the
- Site License information.
Cheers,
Ole Juul
Brent Reynolds wrote:
> Where did you hear that pkunzip for DOS is free? I
> checked the pkware FTP site last week and both the older
> pkz204g.exe and pk250dos.exe self-extracting distributions
> were there. There was no indication in either archive
> that they are free. As far as I know, you still must pay
> $47 to register any version of PKZip, whether for DOS or
> any other operating environment or system. They also have
> PKZip for all flavors of Windows, OS/2, and Linux, for the
> PC. If PKZip or PKUnZip for DOS is free, tell us where to
> get the free one.
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