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From: schriste@uceng.UC.EDU (steven v christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Self Extractors
Keywords: PKPAK PKZIP LHARC ZOO etc...
Message-ID: <1301@uceng.UC.EDU>
Date: 26 Jun 89 03:09:31 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati, College of Engg.
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There are quite a few archive programs out (PKPAK, PKZIP, LHARC, ZOO, and
probably some others I have forgotten). Most of these can create "self
extracting archives", files in .EXE format which will un-extract themselves
when run.

What are the legal restrictions on a company distributing their commercial
code archived by one of the above programs, but made self extracting,
thereby you don't need the archive program itself. Are there restrictions?

Email, please, and I will summerize.

Steven

(P.S. The manuals are very explicit on redistributing the extractor
programs themself, but little is said on distributing self-ex programs)

-- 
Steven V. Christensen
U.C. College of Eng.
schriste@uceng.uc.edu