WinRAR EULA (End User License Agreement) for use and distribution


The RAR (and its Windows version - WinRAR) archiver are shareware. This means:

  1. All copyrights to RAR and WinRAR are exclusively owned by the author - Alexander Roshal.
  2. Anyone may use this software during a test period of 40 days. Following this test period of 40 days or less, if you wish to continue to use WinRAR, you must purchase a license.
  3. There are 2 basic types of licenses issued for WinRAR, these are:
    1. A single computer USAGE license. The user purchases ONE license to USE the WinRAR archiver on ONE computer.

      Home users may use their single computer usage license on all computers which are in property of the license owner.

      Business users require one license per computer RAR is installed on.
    2. A multiple usage license. The user purchases a number of usage licenses for use, by the purchaser or the purchaser's employees on the same number of computers.

      In a network (server/client) environment you must purchase a license copy for each separate client (workstation) on which WinRAR is installed, used, or accessed. A separate license copy for each client (workstation) is needed regardless of whether the clients (workstations) will use WinRAR simultaneously or at different times. If for example you wish to have 9 different clients (workstations) in your network with access to WinRAR, you must purchase 9 license copies.

      A user who purchased a RAR license, is granted a non-exclusive right to use RAR on as many computers as defined by the licensing terms above according to the number of licenses purchased, for any legal purpose. The licensed RAR software may not be rented or leased, but may be permanently transferred, in it's entirety, if the person receiving it agrees to the terms of this license. If the software is an update, the transfer must include the update and all previous versions.
  4. Licensing for RAR on mobile devices (U3 stick, USB stick, external harddrive):

    In addition to the terms stated above following licensing terms apply to the licensing of RAR on mobile devices.

    1. A single computer usage license. Home users may use their single computer usage license on all mobile devices which are in property of the license owner.

      Business users may use their single computer usage license on one computer and one mobile device.
    2. A multiple usage license. Users who own a multiple usage license may use that license on the same number of mobile devices as number of computers (clients) the license was purchased for.

      The number of computers/devices running RAR at any time is limited to the number of licenses purchased according to the licensing terms above.

    A licensed version of RAR on a mobile device may be used by the purchaser or the purchaser's employees, on several computers consecutively.

    There are no additional license fees, apart from the cost of purchasing a license, associated with the use of RAR from a mobile device on computers that are not owned by the owner of the RAR license.
  5. The RAR/WinRAR unlicensed trial version may be freely distributed, with exceptions noted below, provided the distribution package is not modified in any way.
    1. No person or company may distribute separate parts of the package with the exception of the UnRAR components, without written permission of the copyright owner.
    2. The RAR/WinRAR unlicensed trial version may not be distributed inside of any other software package without written permission of the copyright owner.
    3. Hacks/cracks, keys or key generators may not be included on the same distribution.
  6. To buy a license, please see order.htm for details.
  7. WinRAR archiver is distributed "as is". No warranty of any kind is expressed or implied. You use at your own risk. Neither the author nor the agents of the author will be liable for data loss, damages, loss of profits or any other kind of loss while using or misusing this software.
  8. There are NO additional license fees, apart from the cost of purchasing a license, associated with the creation and distribution of RAR archives, volumes, self-extracting archives or self-extracting volumes. Legally registered owners may use their copies of RAR/WinRAR to produce archives and self-extracting archives and to distribute those archives free of any additional RAR royalties.
  9. You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed program, or any subset of the licensed program, except as provided for in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license and may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution.

    7zxa.dll library is copyrighted by Igor Pavlov and distributed under LGPL Version 3 license ( http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html ). You can modify portions of 7zxa.dll and perform reverse engineering solely for purpose of debugging such 7zxa.dll modifications according to LGPL. Source code of 7zxa.dll is available on www.7-zip.org.

    Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary code, UnRAR source or UnRAR binary code may be used or reverse engineered to re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary, without written permission of the author.

    RAR and WinRAR keyfiles may not be distributed, except as stated in item 3) above, outside of the area of legal control of the person or persons who purchased the original license, without written permission of the copyright holder.

    All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Alexander Roshal.
  10. Installing and using RAR/WinRAR signifies acceptance of these terms and conditions of the license.
  11. If you do not agree with the terms of this license you must remove RAR/WinRAR files from your storage devices and cease to use the product.

Thank you for using the original WinRAR.

Alexander L. Roshal