https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856805
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856805#c16
--- Comment #16 from Ciaran Farrell
Where is Ciarans review then? So everybody can see whether it was done thoroughly. Because everybody else seems to think there is an licensing problem here!
Who is "everybody"? And for that matter, who are you? Assuming that this bug was opened for openSUSE, can I assume you have some interest in openSUSE - and if so, why aren't you contacting the Board, who are the only body who can make an 'official statement' like you are requesting. If you have no interest in openSUSE, you are wasting our time.
I recommend you come forward with some hard reviews, and not just claims such as "reviewd by various lawyers" (that nobody has seen before, and that are unwilling to state this openly).
You either don't understand what this involves or you are purposefully oversimplifying it. Either way, if you want some kind of statement regarding a package on openSUSE, talk to the Board. You certainly won't find me divulging my client's information - not on a public bugzilla, and not to bob-nospam.
All we have are YOUR claims there are these reviews.
There is quite a lot of academic opinion on what constitutes a derivative work and the results of such. There is also a deal of caselaw.
I'd like to finally get some clear legal review, why (or why not) there is a licensing problem (or not). I'm open to both, but I'd like to finally see a thorough independent review; not Schily screaming "there is no problem" on one side, and everybody else running away from cdrtools saying "we can't be sure".
Talk to your lawyer then. He/she is best placed to give you a review. Not sure what you mean by 'independent' review though. My review will be focused on my client. A review by another lawyer working for another linux distribution will be focused on their clients. Some distributions have public mailing lists where they discuss legal matters. You will probably find some discussion there.
Until then, the only sane/safe way is to keep cdrtools banned.
I'm not convinced. Again, if this matter is of concern to you, please do contact the openSUSE Board for an official position. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.