Re: xcdroast does no longer work with wodim: Who to blame?
"Benjamin M. A'Lee" <bma-lists@subvert.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:18:07AM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > As you don't know what grants and what duties you have when dealing with free
> > software, please try to inform yourself. You may get into trouble if you change
> > things that are forbidden by law.
> >
> > Let me quote the license person from the board of directors from the OpenSource
> > initiave:
> >
> > No OpenSource license gives you all grants you need to change anything
> > in the source. If the authors or Copyright holders of a software like,
> > they may always sue you. If you like to avoid being sued, play nicely
> > with the Copyright holders.
>
> Uh, citation needed. "Giving you all grants you need to change anything
> in the source" is practically the definition of an open-source licence,
> with the exception of removing the original copyright and licence
> notices.
I recommend you to read the Copyright law:
http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/urhg/index.html
There are rights that _cannot_ be given away.
Jörg
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