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From: bjsjr@NCoast.ORG (Bill Shroka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Major Problems Unpacking 'lzh' Files
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.231513.4430@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 9 Jan 91 23:15:13 GMT
References: <1991Jan08.061722.26635@convex.com> <1991Jan8.153539.19118@wam.umd.edu> <1991Jan8.122616.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu>
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In article <1991Jan8.122616.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu> davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu writes:
>The other 'flaw' I see with the various LHARC, LZH, UNLZH programs is this:
>  
>   With the exception of ports like LHARC 0.5beta, et al, almost EVERY
>   single archiver/unarchiver using the LHARC protocols is ShareWare.
>   This bothers me, seeing that both ARC and ZOO were released as
>   free-of-cost software, and the original protocols for LHARC didn't
>   cost anything either.  (I'm speaking non-commercially here, I'm well
>   aware of SEA's commercial charges for ARC, as an example.)

Xlharc, formerly LHarc 1.02, has never been anything but free-of-cost.  I don't
believe in porting free software and then deciding I should be paid for it.

>David Paschall-Zimbel		davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu



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