Historical software licensing dispute: ARC vs PKARC compression software

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Recounting the 1980s conflict where Phil Katz took open-source ARC code and created proprietary PKARC competitor.

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/g/109206378 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 27 replies Recounting the 1980s conflict where Phil Katz took open-source ARC code and created proprietary PKARC competitor.

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