[Debburn-devel] License of cdrkit - GPLv2 + additional restrictions

[Eduard Bloch]

#include <hallo.h>
* Markus Laire [Thu, Sep 14 2006, 03:37:11PM]:

> I mentioned this problem over a week ago[5] at debburn-devel but
> didn't get any response.

Because the hard problems that you pointed out have been fixed. We do no
longer return "schily" author ID, etc.

> Recently Nathanael Nerode mentioned this problem again[6] and Albert
> Cahalan answered[7]:
> >On 9/12/06, Nathanael Nerode <neroden at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >> (1) Merge changes made in dvdrtools.  dvdrtools forked from an even
> >> earlier version of cdrtools, and all the additions are GPLv2-or-later.
> >>
> >> (dvdrtools is in non-free solely because of the libscg "You may not" 
> >lines, which
> >> are *also* present in cdrkit.  Um.... there's some small problem there.)
> >
> >We need to make a choice right now:
> >
> >a. delete those lines (Joerg#1 said the code was GPL anyway)
> >b. go back to a much older version
> 
> Unfortunately Eduard Bloch (one of the people behind this fork)
> doesn't see any problem here[8]:

That is not what I said, don't put your words into my mouth.

> >> (dvdrtools is in non-free solely because of the libscg "You may not" 
> >lines, which
> >> are *also* present in cdrkit.  Um.... there's some small problem there.)
> >
> >If you see a concrete problem, point it out. Or stop talking like there
> >were a problem.
> In my opinion there is clearly a concrete problem as there are
> restrictions in the source-code which are not allowed by GPLv2.
> 
> 
> So I'd now like to ask what debian-legal thinks about this situation,
> and whether the license of cdrkit is OK for Debian-main.

I would like to ask you to give us some days to find a peacefull
solution without starting another flamewar. But, hey, you already did it
by Cc'ing debian-legal and so attracting the trolls ASAP. Very
diplomatic. NOT.

Eduard.

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