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Re: cdrtools-2.01a37 ready



scdbackup@gmx.net wrote:

> >>> come up with suggestions how to force SuSE to follow the GPL again.
> >>> Jörg
> >>How about providing operational binaries for 
> >>SuSE users at the cdrtools download site ?
> >
> > ... just check:
> >
> >        ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/
> >
>
> I meant vanilla  cdrecord  for CD.
>
> As produced by compiling the official cdrtools source
> tar balls on an official SuSE system (with a little
> help by the compiling SuSE user).
> 100 % GPL by refering to the source archive.
> Documenting any changes which became inavoidable
> and have been authorized by you, of course.
>
> No DVD, no special license, just a service for people
> who have difficulties compiling but want to work with
> the original thing and not a hack.

There is only one cdrecord and I am _only_ testing the complete
cdrecod. The ProDVD binaries just behave the same as the
cdrecord compiled from the GPLd part of the source in case you
do not like to get more functionality than the GPLd source includes.

> The binary (with DVD patch, disclaimer and all) which i
> found after system installation did not work setuid root.
> Since that method is advised by the man who must know,
> i will not advise my users to do it different.
> Thus, the SuSE 9.0 "cdrecord" has to be replaced after
> system installation or the users need to become superuser
> to backup their data. 
> Really not my kind of usage model.

And I received a lot of mail because of the bugs in the SuSE-9.0 binaries.

> I would be glad to point to a link on the cdrtools site where
> an original cdrecord binary could be obtained.
> I will not publish my own binary without Joerg's permission,
> because it is not from 100% original sources and i will not
> start another surplus fork of cdrecord (even if it's only
> about one  #define HZ 100  to make it compile).

Just download from

ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/

Jörg

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