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Re: OpenSource alternatives for cdrecord.prodvd?



>From davidsen@tmr.com  Wed Dec 31 01:59:50 2003


>Having open source is important for support. I may never have to touch a 
>line of code, but if you were hit by a meteor cdrtools would continue on 
>as an open source project, and prodvd would become a dead software. 
>Projects which reflect the vision and effort of a single person don't 
>make the author imortal, they die as soon as the author stops working on 
>them for whatever reason.

Well, this may be handled in a way that there is a testament that makes
sure that the software will become e.g. GPLd or BSD-2 in such a case.

Larry McVoy did the same with his bitkeeper SCCS.

Jörg

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