From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KEY3t-0004na-2i for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B2811E02FB; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:17:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (s15216962.onlinehome-server.info [217.160.22.205]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B36BE02FB for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:17:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (8.13.3/8.13.3) with UUCP id m63NHwZ5024016 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:17:58 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id m63MtLrH015832 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:55:21 +0200 Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:55:21 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CD ROM does not play audio CD's Message-ID: <20080703225521.GB12976@nibiru.local> References: <4864059A.7070602@paradise.net.nz> <486408e8.H6jJprFk5Zz6c8f9%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> <200806271100.15762.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4864b227.lYMApV4Tx50fgp98%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> <20080701113913.GG21556@nibiru.local> <486a6427.xFiJ3WbfO+Gj1tNS%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <486a6427.xFiJ3WbfO+Gj1tNS%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: 490e50b7-bffa-4e4c-ac2f-a3530005e394 X-Archives-Hash: c72213deaf8d64d437e9a955944a87fe * Joerg Schilling wrote: > Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > > * Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > > > First, libcdio had an illegal license change: the "authors" took a lot of the > > > code from cdrtools and claim that "their" code (e.g. derived from cdda2wav) is > > > GPLv2-or-any-later. Well, not a single file from cdda2wav has ever been released > > > under this license. > > > > Ah, then you as the original author (right ?) to stop them from > > that copyright infringenment. In the end they, IMHO, have two options: > > > > a) remove/replace your code > > b) release libcdio under your terms (CDDL ?) > > I am not the person who did put the code together as "libcdio". This was the > FSF. We are talking about a Copyright violation done by the FSF. This is what I said. If they broke the license, they have to fix this. > > ACK. That's one of those points why I thing, libraries should LGPL > > instead of GPL (I admit, I'm as careful as I should be about that w/ > > some of my own packages yet, but just due lack of time - on request > > my GPL'ed libs will be moved to LGPL) > > The FSF has no choice to make the code LGPL, converting from GPLv2-only is > already more than they are allowed to do. Probably not the FSF, but all the authors involved. Can be a tricky issue ;-P Yet another reason why I prefer to keep packages small. > > BUT: please, please no flamewar about license philosophies. > > I am not interested in license wars. I get the impression that some people > start flamewars because I am relaxed about licenses and do not try to make a > religion out of a license. Well, just make one qualified statement at the right places and then better ignore the trolls. They just waste our time. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list