Re: [gentoo-user] CD ROM does not play audio CD's

[Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>]

On 27 Jun 2008, at 10:57, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 27 Jun 2008, at 10:25, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>>> Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thursday 26 June 2008, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>>>>> A more general problem is the license incompatibility with  
>>>>> libcdio.
>>>>> Sun dropped libcdio already a year ago after Sun lawyers detected
>>>>> the
>>>>> problem and I expect that Linux distros will do the same soon.
>>>>
>>>> Could you elaborate a little on what the license incompatibility  
>>>> is?
>>>
>>> First, libcdio had an illegal license change...
>>
>> Since you now appear to be answering license questions, could I
>> trouble you, please, to address this query?
>>
>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/200045
>
> If you like to have a serious answer, do not include pointers to  
> nonserious
> articles like this one:
>
> http://lwn.net/Articles/195167/

Sorry, Joerg.

I only included that article because it came up when I searched for  
"cdrecord" license problem.

Perhaps you could overlook my ignorance just this once and explain  
why you chose to migrate your software from the GPL to the CDDL
(or to a CDDL-alike license).

To a naive reader, with only that article to go on, it does seem to  
be that action of yours which instigated distros dropping your  
software for the alternative. I'm sure, as you say, this was  
unjustified on their part, however some background on your choice  
might be helpful.

Stroller.

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