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Re: cdrdao license issues show that cdrtools package is non DFSG, too?



Scripsit Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>

> It is a fair amount more, in that it also requires me to justify why I
> made that change. Notice the "and why" part.

Is that a substantial requirement? I did it because the Voices told me to. So?

> The GPL explicitly prohibits additional restrictions, so any additional
> restriction --- no matter how small --- is contradictory with the GPL.
> Thus, it "doesn't make any sense whatsoever."

I still think this is wrongly put. The net result clearly makes sense.
It is a different licence from the GPL, and not compatible with the
original, but it is not meaningless either.

-- 
Henning Makholm                       "You propose to avoid dying? I will be
                 interested to hear the method you plan for this endeavour."



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