License

The software is distributed as "try before you buy"; it may de jure be used without charge for 40 days, and de-facto indefinitely.[1] In China, a free-to-use personal edition has been provided officially since 2015.[2]

Although archiving with the RAR format is proprietary, RarLab supplies as copyrighted freeware the C++ source code of the current UnRAR unpacker, with a license allowing it to be used in any software, thus enabling others to produce software capable of unpacking, but not creating, RAR archives.[3]

RAR for Android is free of charge. It displays advertisements; for a payment they can be disabled.[4] A license for WinRAR does not provide ad-suppression for RAR for Android.

  1. ^ RAR and WinRAR END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA), retrieved 2014-01-04
  2. ^ "软众信息-WinRAR独家总代理商 最新官方简体中文版下载 支持64位非破解版压缩软件：软件介绍-致用户的一封信". www.winrar.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  3. ^ "Downloads, UnRAR for various platforms, and source. License says "The source code of UnRAR utility is freeware"
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference android was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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