Joerg Schilling wrote: > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 30 17:38:40 2001 > > >>>I only have a Pioneer A03, but if anyone with a DVD burner want to > >>>test the cdrecord in the unsupported directory on Mandrake mirrors (on > >>>ftp.free.fr for example in > >>>/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/unsupported/8.1/i586) > >> > >>>This version has the DVD patch. > >> > >> And violates the GPL! > > >In which regard does it violate the GPL ? > > It does not include Source! Remove the binary immediately or add source. > > In addidion, I don't like modified versions to float around with the same name > as the original. Either change the name or make it otherwise clear that this > is _not_ the original cdrecord. > > In this special case it is particulary bad because the hack does not > add new things to cdrecord but is a different implementation for a feature > that is available from me for 3.5 years. If you don't make it clear, that this > is _not_ the official cdrecord-ProDVD I am forced to change the license > so that it is no more 100% GPL :-(
As far as I can see from test version of proDVD, it does not support incremental and multisession recording. My patch, in its second version does. So it brings something new, technically speaking. Even without that, it brings something __really__ new: the possibility to freely (as in speech) write DVDs on Linux (and possibly other Unixes). mache -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
