On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 14:12 -0700, JD wrote: > On 07/09/2010 01:56 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 18:20 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 17:01 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > >>> I sometimes backup some data files to dual layer DVD using > >>> k3b. On fedora 13, I notice that k3b seems to try and use wodim > >>> by default to do this. On previous versions it used growisofs. > >> I've had serious problems with growisofs recently, see > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604459 > >> > >> AFAIK this bug is still open. It may be kernel-related, but for now I'm > >> staying away from growisofs as wodim works for me on the same hardware. > > Joerg Schilling, author of cdrecord, claims on his website that Wodim > > the fork of cdrecord, which has been substituted for cdrecord etc. on > > Fedora and other distributions, is buggy, and that license problems, > > which are the (putative) reason for the substitution are bogus. > > > > What's the truth about this? In any case, details of the dispute and > > the source for JS's cdrecord tools are available at: > > http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html > > and > > http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdr-faq.html > > (I don't know which of the many versions of the source there is best.) > > > > jon > > > > > > > It does not take a brain sugeon to see that wodim was ripped from > Joerg's cdrecord. > And if Joerg had establish copyrights to it, then he deserves to keep > those copy > rights and not have his brainchild be distributed as something else, and > without > attribution. ---- which part of GPL license gives you the most trouble? Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
