Re: Bug#181028: cdrecord: promotes non-free software
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:25:44PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> * Manoj Srivastava [Sat, Feb 22 2003, 03:26:32PM]:
>
> > > Debian *is* an advertising medium for all kinds of things, both
> > > commercial and philosophical. This bug is merely an effort to
> > > espouse the submitter's philosophy over the interests of the person
> > > who did the real work, the upstream maintainer.
> >
> > But Debian also has a socula contract, and that definitely
> > marks us in favour of DFSG free software. We may reluctantly package
> > some non-free software, but the fact that we evangelize free
> > software is never in doubt.
>
> Of course, but we should not forget that stupid/blind crusades often
> caused more harm then good things. Personally, I allow every upstream
> author to make a little bit advertisement for his other projects,
> especially if they are neccessary to survive. There is lot of these: in
> Gimp, in Cups, in mkreiserfs (Woody version). The message in cdrecord
> does not bother many people, it appears only as part of the error
> message when someones tries to burn on a DVD drive. As long there is no
> dvdrecord package in Debian and someone convinces me that it works
> better for our users, I would not change this message.
No, it appears when trying to burn any disc on a DVD capable burner. I
get it all the time burning normal audio/data CDR's on my Sony DVD
burner. If it output the message only when trying to burn DVD's that
would be a bit different.
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