Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 23:26 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > >What is the status of this bug? Since it was reassigned away from > > >cdrtools, the non-DFSG-free version of cdrecord has slipped into > > >Testing; so is the license change no longer an issue? > > > > Do you believe that Debian created a non-DFSG-free version of cdrecord? > > No, but I am told that the CDDL does not conform to the DFSG and thus > Debian is unable to distribute works licensed under its terms.
Using "I have been told" is not the way to go as in the current case where the information you have been told is wrong.... The CDDL is an approved open/free lisence. I am sorry to see that some people at Debian did start a "character assassination" campaign against the CDDL without ever giving evidence for their claims. It is a matter of facts that those people are unable to verify their claims using quotes from http://www.debian.org/social_contract and the parts of the CDDL that might not be aliggned with http://www.debian.org/social_contract. Instead of having a fact based discussion, these people try to spread rumors against the CDDl and my software. I am not sure about the goals of these people, but they are obviously not supporting free/open software. > > There never was a problem with the original version...... > > > > so just use the original version. > > I'd rather use the version shipped by Debian, which correctly works with > other parts of the Debian system such as Linux and HAL, thanks! The original version works more correctly than the version that is published by Debian and the problems with HAL are caused by bugs from HAL. BTW: the Debian version of cdrtools of course has problems with HAL. Due to the fact that someone from Debian did thinker on the source did just sell one bug for another different one. As I am still in hope that you are interested in the truth, I recommend you to test the original version of cdrtools from: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/ q~A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
