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Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system



Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> wrote:
> Now the question: how GPL-compatible should we consider this CDDL-like
> license? See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html for details.

The CDDL and GPL are incompatible.

> We have the option of splitting the source package into code (GPLed)
> and meta-code (CDDL). Would that be suitable for main?

No.  In fact, you can not even distribute it in non-free.  You have to
replace the build system.

Sorry for the bad news.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
wlandry@ucsd.edu



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