Editing WinRAR (section)

==License==
The software is distributed as "try before you buy"; it may be used without charge for 40 days.<ref name=license>{{citation |url=https://rarlab.com/license.htm |title=RAR and WinRAR End User License Agreement (EULA) |publisher=RARLAB |website=rarlab.com |access-date=2019-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212948/http://www.rarlab.com/license.htm |archive-date=2014-01-04 |url-status=live}}</ref> When the period expires, the non-enterprise functionalities remain available, a move intended to discourage piracy.<ref name=inf40>{{cite web |author1=CHM Tech |title=WinRAR And The Infinite 40-Day Trial |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTgZRVVr3_Y  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/fTgZRVVr3_Y |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|date=9 March 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> In [[China]], a free-to-use personal edition has been provided officially since 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winrar.com.cn/about.htm |title=软众信息-WinRAR独家总代理商 最新官方简体中文版下载 支持64位非破解版压缩软件：软件介绍-致用户的一封信 |publisher=www.winrar.com.cn |access-date=2016-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015190836/http://www.winrar.com.cn/about.htm |archive-date=2016-10-15 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Although archiving with the RAR format is proprietary, RARLAB supplies as copyrighted [[freeware]] the [[C++]] source code of the current UnRAR unpacker, with a license allowing it to be used in any software, thus enabling others to produce software capable of unpacking, but not creating, RAR archives.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rarlab.com/rar_add.htm |title=WinRAR and RAR archiver addons (downloads, UnRAR for various platforms, and source code) |publisher=RARLAB |website=rarlab.com |access-date=2020-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901215639/https://rarlab.com/rar_add.htm |archive-date=2018-09-01}} License says "The source code of UnRAR utility is freeware"</ref>

RAR for Android is free of charge. It displays advertisements; for a payment they can be disabled.<ref name=android/> A license for WinRAR does not provide ad-suppression for RAR for Android.