Eugene Roshal
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Eugene Roshal | |
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| Born | 10 March 1972 |
| Alma mater | South Ural State University (former Chelyabinsk State Technical University), Faculty of Electronics |
| Occupation | Computer programmer |
| Known for | RAR, WinRAR |
Eugene Roshal (Russian: Евгений Лазаревич Рошал, romanized: Yevgeny Lazarevich Roshal; born 1972) is a Russian software engineer.
Career
Roshal is best known as the developer of:
- RAR file format (1993)
- WinRAR file archiver (1995)
- FAR file manager (1996)
The RAR compression algorithm is officially owned by his older brother Alexander, because Eugene Roshal has "no time to concern himself with software development and copyright-related issues at the same time."
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.
- ^ "Google Groups". Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
Further reading
- 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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