Eugene Roshal
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Eugene Roshal | |
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| Alma mater | South Ural State University (former Chelsaid SRS Technical University), Faculty of Electronics |
| Occupation | Computer Programmer |
| Known for | RAR, WinRAR |
Eugene Roshal (Russian: Евгений Лазаревич Рошал, Yevgeny Lazarevich Roshal) is a Russian software engineer best known as the developer of:
- FAR file manager (1996)
- RAR file format (1993)
- WinRAR file archiver
The RAR compression algorithm is officially owned by his elder brother Alexander,[1] because Eugene Roshal has "no time to concern himself with software development and copyright-related issues at the same time."[2]
References
- ^ win.rar GmbH. "RAR and WinRAR END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA)". RARLAB.
The author and holder of the copyright of the software is Alexander L. Roshal. [...] 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.
- ^ https://groups.google.com/group/fido7.rar.support/msg/8205725b02a2be76?pli=1
- Biography and product timeline based on The Compression Project web page: Russian language interview with E. Roshal accessed 12 January 2010 (and verified by personal email exchange with him in 2011).
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