[clamav-users] Question regarding libclamunrar6

[Jonathan Sélea]

On 11/30/2017 06:31 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Thursday, November 30, 2017 05:02:11 PM Jonathan Sélea wrote:
>> On 11/30/2017 01:41 PM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>>> On 29.11.17 17:31, Jonathan Sélea wrote:
>>>> Is there any alternative to the package "libclamunrar6"? For example a
>>>> package that have the GPLv3 license?
>>> I doubt so - afaik, rar uses own propietary file format
>> Thanks for the answer.
>>
>> The packages "unrar-free" in the Debian repository do have GPLvx
>> version, so I thought there should be an alternative to "libclamunrar6"
>> but with a proper license instead.
> unrar-free is unrelated to clamav.  Clamav uses it's own unrar implementation
> that in Debian we split off into the libclamunrar binary due to code usage
> restrictions that make it unsuitable for Debian main.  Note that these
> restrictions are not imposed by the clamav developers, but by the original
> developers upon whose work the clamav implementation is based.
>
> Someone would need to write code to make clamav work with a different unrar
> implementation.
>
> Scott K
> _______________________________________________
Thanks Scott for making this crystal clear!


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