2 EULA (End User License Agreement) for use and distribution
5 The RAR archiver is distributed as try before you buy. This means:
7 1. All copyrights to RAR are exclusively owned by the author
10 2. Anyone may use this software during a test period of 40 days.
11 Following this test period of 40 days or less, if you wish to
12 continue to use RAR, you must purchase a license.
14 3. There are 2 basic types of licenses issued for RAR, these are:
16 a. A single computer usage license. The user purchases one license
17 to use RAR archiver on one computer.
19 Home users may use their single computer usage license on
20 all computers which are in property of the license owner.
22 Business users require one license per computer RAR is
25 b. A multiple usage license. The user purchases a number of usage
26 licenses for use, by the purchaser or the purchaser's employees
27 on the same number of computers.
29 In a network (server/client) environment you must purchase
30 a license copy for each separate client (workstation)
31 on which RAR is installed, used, or accessed. A separate
32 license copy for each client (workstation) is needed regardless
33 of whether the clients (workstations) will use RAR simultaneously
34 or at different times. If for example you wish to have
35 9 different clients (workstations) in your network with access
36 to RAR, you must purchase 9 license copies.
38 A user who purchased a RAR license, is granted a non-exclusive
39 right to use RAR on as many computers as defined by the licensing
40 terms above according to the number of licenses purchased,
41 for any legal purpose. The licensed RAR software may not be rented
42 or leased, but may be permanently transferred, in it's entirety,
43 if the person receiving it agrees to the terms of this license.
44 If the software is an update, the transfer must include the update
45 and all previous versions.
47 4. Licensing for RAR on mobile devices (U3 stick, USB stick,
50 In addition to the terms stated above following licensing terms
51 apply to the licensing of RAR on mobile devices.
53 a. A single computer usage license. Home users may use their
54 single computer usage license on all mobile devices which are
55 in property of the license owner.
57 Business users may use their single computer usage license
58 on one computer and one mobile device.
60 b. A multiple usage license. Users who own a multiple usage
61 license may use that license on the same number of mobile
62 devices as number of computers (clients) the license was
65 The number of computers/devices running RAR at any time is
66 limited to the number of licenses purchased according to the
67 licensing terms above.
69 A licensed version of RAR on a mobile device may be used by
70 the purchaser or the purchaser's employees, on several computers
73 There are no additional license fees, apart from the cost of
74 purchasing a license, associated with the use of RAR from
75 a mobile device on computers that are not owned by the owner
78 5. The RAR/WinRAR unlicensed trial version may be freely distributed,
79 with exceptions noted below, provided the distribution package is not
82 a. No person or company may distribute separate parts of the package
83 with the exception of the UnRAR components, without written
84 permission of the copyright owner.
86 b. The RAR/WinRAR unlicensed trial version may not be distributed
87 inside of any other software package without written permission
88 of the copyright owner.
90 c. Hacks/cracks, keys or key generators may not be included on the
93 6. To buy a license please see order.htm for details.
95 7. THE RAR ARCHIVER IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS". NO WARRANTY OF ANY
96 KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
97 NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR THE AGENTS OF THE AUTHOR WILL BE LIABLE
98 FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS
99 WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
101 8. There are no additional license fees, apart from the cost of
102 purchasing a license, associated with the creation and distribution
103 of RAR archives, volumes, self-extracting archives or self-extracting
104 volumes. Legally registered owners may use their copies of RAR/WinRAR
105 to produce archives and self-extracting archives and to distribute
106 those archives free of any additional RAR royalties.
108 9. You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify,
109 decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer
110 the licensed program, or any subset of the licensed program, except
111 as provided for in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall
112 result in immediate and automatic termination of this license and
113 may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution.
115 7zxa.dll library is copyrighted by Igor Pavlov and distributed
116 under LGPL Version 3 license ( http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html ).
117 You can modify portions of 7zxa.dll and perform reverse engineering
118 solely for purpose of debugging such 7zxa.dll modifications according
119 to LGPL. Source code of 7zxa.dll is available on www.7-zip.org.
121 Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary code, UnRAR source or UnRAR
122 binary code may be used or reverse engineered to re-create the RAR
123 compression algorithm, which is proprietary, without written
124 permission of the author.
126 RAR and WinRAR keyfiles may not be distributed, except as stated
127 in item 3) above, outside of the area of legal control of the
128 person or persons who purchased the original license, without
129 written permission of the copyright holder.
131 All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Alexander Roshal.
133 10. Installing and using RAR/WinRAR signifies acceptance of these terms
134 and conditions of the license.
136 11. If you do not agree with the terms of this license you must
137 remove RAR/WinRAR files from your storage devices and cease to
140 Thank you for using the original RAR.