Eugene Roshal
Eugene Roshal (Russian: Евгений Лазаревич Рошал, romanized: Yevgeny Lazarevich Roshal; born 1972) is a Russian software engineer.
Eugene Roshal | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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 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.
- "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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