Feature changed by: Robert Davies (robopensuse) Feature #307514, revision 5 Title: cdrecord alternative openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed 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