Feature changed by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #307514, revision 6 Title: cdrecord alternative - openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) + reject date: 2010-11-15 10:01:49 + reject reason: Not done in time for openSUSE 11.3. Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Thomas Peter (lizzarddude) Description: Mr. Schillings constant ramblings about how openSuSE and other Linux distributions are violating the Copyright of his License Mixup should lead to development of an non-cdrecord-based alternative. Discussion: #1: Pavol Rusnak (prusnak) (2009-08-26 13:44:06) There is libburnia project - http://libburnia-project.org/ . I have the packages in X11:xfce project. I'm not sure if it is not based on cdrecord, though. (I hope not). #2: Markus K (kamikazow) (2009-11-17 00:24:57) While I'm sure Schilling could possibly have some mental problems, that's not a reason to reject all code he's written. In fact, he's a fine programmer. As long as his code is FOSS (no matter if GPL or newer CDDLed code), his programs can and should stay. #3: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2009-12-05 14:28:36) (reply to #2) Irrespective of what problems people have with another, cdrtools remains well-maintained, which is what counts in the end. You can't say that of cdrkit. #4: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2009-12-10 17:46:39) (reply to #3) Herr Schilling claims that, he popped up recently on Factory mail list, desiring that cdrkit, not have programs named "cdrecord" & "mkisofs". Investigation of his claims do not stand up, also cdrkit has been modified to more comfortably access the right Linux devices, where Herr Schilling appers to demand changes to Linux kernel. The GPL has stood legal scrutiny in courts, so why worry about "ramblings" when the users of his software are simply exercising their legal rights. There's just not a significant number of outstanding bugs tracked about Wodim, suggesting user disatisfaction, so developing in a clean room (required to avoid influence from the GPL code) is just likely to prove unpopular and unreliable. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307514