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Re: xcdroast does no longer work with wodim: Who to blame?



On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:40:45AM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> "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.

Which of these rights do you consider is being infringed?

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