Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard some cdrecord upstream versions you distribute would be > incompatible with the DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines), perhaps > this would explain why Debian can't stick to the upstream source. > > Is this true, even remotely? Or is cdrecord under a plain Free > Software license that couldn't cause any problem to Debian to use?
Fortunately, this is not true, cdrtools is plain free software that completely follows the Debian Free Software Guidelines. There are some people who claim that cdrtools is not free but these people so far have been unable to prove their claims by explaining which exact parts of the license should have problems with which exact parts of the DFSG. As these people have had three months to prove their claims but did not at all, you may safely asume that these people are trolls, you should ignore them. Cdrtools are a compilation of software from many different sources and for this reason published under three different licenses that are all approved by: http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php and if you also have a look at: http://www.us.debian.org/social_contract you will find that Debian uses the same text as the OSI does (except for one word). The lisences in use are: GPL LGPL CDDL For a more in depth description, please have a look into the file COPYING: /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ The software in this directory tree is free software and uses licenses that are aproved be the OpenSource Initative http://www.opensource.org/ Not all sub-projects use the same license. Here is a list of sub-directories and it's related licenses: btcflash/ A firmwareflash program (CDDL) Note: uses libscg cdda2wav/ A DAE program (CDDL) Note: uses libscg cdrecord/ A CD/DVD-recording program (CDDL) Note: uses libscg conf/ The Schily Autoconf program (GPL) Support shell scripts for the Schily Makefile system (CDDL) DEFAULTS/ Default files for the Schily Makefile system (CDDL) DEFAULTS_ENG/ Default files for the Schily Makefile system (CDDL) inc/ Support C-Files for the Schily Makefile system (CDDL) include/ Support H-Files for the Schily Makefile system (CDDL) libdeflt/ A lib for accessing files under /etc/default/ (CDDL) libedc/ A Reed Solomon Encoder and Decoder (CDDL) libfile/ A lib that implements the 'file' command (GPL) libhfs_iso/ HFS support lib (GPL) libparanoia/ CD paranoia CD-DAE support lib (LGPL) librscg/ A remote SCSI-generic transport lib (CDDL) This code may only be used together with other code that is under an approved OpenSource license, see http://www.opensource.org/. libscg/ A local SCSI-generic transport lib (CDDL) This code may only be used together with other code that is under an approved OpenSource license, see http://www.opensource.org/. libschily/ The schily basic support library (CDDL) libunls/ A simple iconv replacement (GPL) mkisofs/ A ISO-9660/Rock-Ridge/Joliet/HFS/UDF filesystem formatter (GPL) Note: uses libscg readcd/ A CD/DVD read utility (CDDL) Note: uses libscg rscsi/ The remote SCSI generic transport daemon (CDDL) Note: uses libscg RULES/ The main part of the Schily Makefilesystem (CDDL) scgcheck/ The libscg interface comliance check program (CDDL) Note: uses libscg scgskeleton/ A libscg skeleton demo program (CDDL) Note: uses libscg TARGETS/ Slot support for the Schily Makefile system (CDDL) TEMPLATES/ Template support for the Schily Makefile system (CDDL) For more information on the CDDL read the file CDDL.Schily.txt For more information on the GPL read the file GPL-2.0.txt For more information on the LGPL read the file LGPL-2.1.txt /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily
