[Bug 480249] New: Review Request: unalz - Decompression utility

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Summary: Review Request: unalz - Decompression utility

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480249

           Summary: Review Request: unalz - Decompression utility
           Product: Fedora
           Version: rawhide
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
         Component: Package Review
        AssignedTo: nobody at fedoraproject.org
        ReportedBy: oget.fedora at gmail.com
         QAContact: extras-qa at fedoraproject.org
                CC: notting at redhat.com, fedora-package-review at redhat.com
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
    Classification: Fedora


Spec URL: http://oget.fedorapeople.org/review/unalz.spec
SRPM URL: http://oget.fedorapeople.org/review/unalz-0.63-1.fc10.src.rpm
Description: 
Unalz is a utility to decompress .alz files. It supports bzip2/raw
format transformation, splitting the compressed file into smaller
chunks (alz, a00, a01, ...), extract password protected .alz files,
and CRC checks.

rpmlint is silent.


I had submitted this package before (bug# 477106) but it got rejected because
(with the help of friends at #fedora-devel) we figured that the project webpage
said:
- it is free as in cost, but you are prohibited from on commercial distribution
in magazines or CD
- it allows distribution only unmodified and patches must be distributed
separately.

And the tarball did not contain a license file.

Now all of these issues seem resolved. The tarball contains a zlib license and
the non-free clauses at the project webpage [1] are replaced via zlib license
[2]. 

This package still might have a patent issue (although I couldn't find one)
because it is a decompressor of the commercial compressor Alzip [3]. It should
be checked by FE-LEGAL to verify that it's OK to distribute this on Fedora.

[1] http://www.kipple.pe.kr/win/unalz/
[2] http://www.kipple.pe.kr/etc/zlib_license/
[3] http://www.altools.com/

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